The Flaws in Your Thinking
"The Art of Thinking Clearly" illustrated - Part 7
We are continuing our exploration of cognitive biases based on the 99 cognitive biases described in the book “The Art of Thinking Clearly” by Rolf Dobelli.
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And now that we are all in sync, here are the biases:
Neomania
Prioritize the excitement of something new over its real advantages. lots of technology have quickly faded away after a short initial hype. Things that have stayed relevant for years have more chance to stay useful in the future.
Sleeper effect
Being exposed to Ads and Propaganda can influence us even if we reject them upfront. We usually remember the message more that the source of the message, and can think that those messages came from us rather than an outsider trying to influence us.
Alternative blindness
We systematically forget to compare an existing option with the next-best alternative. For example not considering that there are other lucrative choices than an expensive degree.
Social comparison bias
We often hesitate to help those who might surpass us, even if it makes us look foolish in the end.
Primacy and recency effects
The first impression, or the most recent information vividly in mind, have too much influence over us.
Not-invented-here syndrome
When we believe that anything we create ourselves, or was made “here” are better.
The Black Swan
Black Swans are high impact unexpected events, the concept was made popular by Nassim Taleb in the book with same name. In today’s world more and more Black Swans are to be expected and therefore not preparing for them is foolish.
Domain dependence
We have difficulty to apply what we know from one domain in a different domain.
False-consensus effect
We assume other people think like us, and that the majority / consensus is usually on our side.
Falsification of history
Our memories are filled with inaccuracies, our brains rewrite events and fill gaps without our conscious intent.
In-group out-group bias
We form groups based on minor criteria, and stereotype positively our “in-group” and negatively the “out-group”.
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Cheers!
Lud
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