21 Cognitive Biases: Understanding and Overcoming Common Thinking Traps
Saleh Alda
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Saleh Alda
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You might think you’re in full control of your decisions and thoughts, but how often are they guided by something deeper, something you don’t even notice? Here are 21 cognitive mind traps, fallacies, biases, and other phenomena lurking in your brain. These quirks are hard-wired into all human minds. You might go through life completely unaware that these thinking errors and mental shortcuts influence your daily decisions. You can’t turn them off or delete them, but being one of the few who can spot them and understand the situations in which they arise is the first step to becoming a more rational thinker.
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8 个月Such a great point about cognitive biases! Being aware of them can definitely lead to better decision making.
Wow, I never considered how much our unobserved biases might be influencing us on a daily basis. Makes one ponder!
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8 个月I've often wondered why we make certain decisions; learning about these hidden factors is enlightening.
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8 个月Can't wait to tap into understanding these fallacies and thinking errors more deeply. Knowledge is power!
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8 个月First step towards rational thinking - acknoweledging possible cognitive biases within yourself, very striking observation!