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The Cognitive Biases You Can't Turn Off
Your brain lies to you predictably, and always in the same direction.
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Confirmation Bias
Confirmation bias leads people to seek, interpret, and remember evidence that fits their prior beliefs while ignoring contrary facts.
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability in a specific area overestimate their competence.
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Hindsight bias
Hindsight bias makes past events seem predictable after they happen, distorting memories and creating false confidence about future forecasts.
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Self-serving bias
Why we attribute our successes to personal skill and blame our failures on outside factors to protect our self-esteem.
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Fundamental attribution error
The fundamental attribution error makes us blame people's character for their actions while ignoring their circumstances.
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Availability heuristic
The availability heuristic makes people judge how common or severe an event is by how easily examples come to mind.
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Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort you feel when you hold conflicting beliefs, or when your actions clash with your values.
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Framing Effect
The framing effect makes people pick different options based on whether identical outcomes are presented as gains or losses.