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Honestly, I’d find it pretty awesome if someone I was dating knew half the things I’ve learned about from Wikipedia that are interesting yet have no practical effect on my day to day. Maybe the most applicable thing I’ve learned about there is the Dunning Kruger effect, though this helps me understand certain types of people and opinions more than it helps me do anything about it. Most of it is as useful as the ship: fun to find out about and then just trivia the makes me like a Lemmy post.
I really enjoy reading stuff like this: random thought experiments or heuristics (I'm trying to think of a more encompassing term) that seem like something I want to remember.
If this interests you too, you might enjoy the most recent one I learned: "Chesterton's Fence", which is the principle of not breaking something without fully understanding why it was in place. e.g. Don't touch the legacy code, don't tear down load-bearing walls, don't remove the red tape about building in 100 year flood zones, etc.