We all of us have our vices, not least of all me. Being aware, however, that I am subject to various shortcomings, I try to plan in advance for them; to trick my future self, if you will, into doing the right thing.
I would like you to, just for a moment, open your mind to the possibility that it (your mind) plays tricks on you. It's easy to admit that other peoples' minds play tricks on them, but I can assure, without even knowing you, that your own mind does it to. One category of these trick is Cognitive Biases. They are surprisingly universal. I'm not saying that every single person is guilty of every single cognitive bias all of the time. But it is possible to test how often they come up and under what circumstances and the answers are quite surprising to most people.
So it is important to be aware that these biases exist and that, without even knowing it, you may be suffering from one or more at any point in time. With that in mind, please listen to this song.
Next time you're absolutely sure about something, remember the song and think about which biases you might presently be suffering from.
Everyone is susceptible to cognitive biases.
Except for me. I know because the only examples I can think of right now fit my expectations, which are that I have no cognitive biases.
1 comment:
self-consistency bias, eh? so that's what it was called when one of my doctors (specialist, not GP) laid the guilt on me for not taking her 2010 advice when I saw her last in 2007.
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