It's worth noting that the opposite problem exists, and is frequently referenced in sayings such as "having a hammer and seeing everything as a nail" and "using

It's worth noting that the opposite problem exists, and is frequently referenced in sayings such as "having a hammer and seeing everything as a nail" and "using nukes to kill ants". Or as my father said: "A knife is the most expensive pry-bar you'll ever break". I have a very well-stocked toolbox and I can't explain how much of a pleasure it is to use the right tool for a job. Specialized tools exist for a reason, and repurposing things is often a bad decision. I see this in pop psychology a lot: people find a few cases where a common human heuristic fails, and assume that the heuristic must be bad, when all they've proven is that it's flawed. Of course it's flawed: it's an evolved behavior and evolution is essentially a hack that solves problems it doesn't really understand. But these heuristics evolved for a reason: at least at one time, they solved more problems than they caused. It's worth understanding where common heuristics fail, but be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.