"An ignorant mind is precisely not a spotless, empty vessel, but one that’s filled with the clutter of irrelevant or misleading life experiences, theories, facts, intuitions, strategies, algorithms, heuristics, metaphors, and hunches that regrettably have the look and feel of useful and accurate knowledge. This clutter is an unfortunate by-product of one of our greatest … Continue reading We Are All Confident Idiots
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Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet
Four problems that biases help us address:Problem 1: Too much information.Problem 2: Not enough meaning.Problem 3: Need to act fast.Problem 4: What should we remember?-Buster Benson, "Cognitive bias cheat sheet." Medium.com. September 1, 2016. Recommend reading this in its entirety, but at minimum, it is worth a click through and scroll to the bottom to … Continue reading Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet
