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Availability Bias
Humans evaluate situations based on the most readily available data, which tends to be what can be immediately recalled from memory.
This is how the news cycle impacts our thinking. Its persistent negativity cements a belief that the world is a dark place.
Cognitive Biases Are Sys...
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8. Noise Bottlenecks:
Consuming online content makes us feel like we're learning, but 90% of the content is useless junk: small talk, clickbait, marketing. We're filling our heads with noise, which is drowning out signal. As such, we feel we're getting smarter as we get stupider.
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
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18. Selective Laziness:
We're critical of other's arguments but not our own. Trouche et al (2016) found that showing people their own claims disguised as another's led them to reject the claims.
To know what you really think about your beliefs, imagine they're someone else's.
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
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