When I began studying psychology at Blindern in the 90s, I was quickly met by some sticky myths. The first was that the Department of Psychology was on the ground floor because so many students had thrown themselves out of the windows in the high-rise building. This was related with myth number two: those who studied psychology did so because they had serious problems with their own psyche. The third popular myth was that as a psychologist, you quickly became an expert in reading the thoughts of others.