Cognitive Biases

Our brains sometimes play tricks by taking shortcuts that are not always right. This is called a cognitive bias. It is like wearing tinted sunglasses: everything looks a certain color even if it is not. Sometimes we only listen to people who agree with us, which is one of these tricks. When you learn about them, it is like taking those sunglasses off. You see the world in its real colors.

You cannot see the tint while you are wearing the glasses. The first step is knowing you have them on. Then you can take them off.

Cognitive biases are systematic deviations from rational judgment, resulting from evolutionary heuristics for quick decisions. Confirmation Bias, Dunning-Kruger Effect distort perception of reality. In Meta-cognition, recognizing biases is the first step toward intellectual humility. Connects to Plato's Allegory of the Cave.

SOUND: An echo that changes how the original sound is heard.

SMELL: A room you have been in so long you cannot smell it anymore.

TASTE: Expecting apple juice but drinking milk: the shock of the wrong taste.

TOUCH: A phantom feeling or a trick of the nerves.

SIGHT: An optical illusion where two lines look different but are the same length.

BODY: Still feeling motion after stepping off a treadmill: the body believing what is no longer true.

Music: Closer To Fine by Sister Hazel

Music: Hurt by Johnny Cash

Part of Logic & Reason — PHILOSOPHY — Education Revelation