[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '.')..
Our brains are lazy guessing engines.

[ohanian]

I am right bias
A firm belief that I am right and all those who disagree with me are completely wrong.

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ohanian', '.')..
A firm belief that I am right and all those who disagree with me are completely wrong.

[firestarter]

I prefer Spencer's shorthand dictum: the masses are asses.
Schopenhauer's view that human beings are a minority sub species of Homo sapiens, thus producing necessary misanthropy is a close second.




Attempting to force "education" (scarcrow faux intelligence) on mass man, so as to effect cognitive competence is as incongruous as putting a Rolex on a pig.

[Tyler_JC]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayame', 'L')ist of some important cognitive biases:

Bandwagon effect - the tendency to do (or believe) things because many other people do (or believe) the same.

Confirmation bias - the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions.

Illusion of control - the tendency for human beings to believe they can control or at least influence outcomes which they clearly cannot.

Overconfidence effect - the tendency to overestimate one's own abilities.

Optimism bias - the systematic tendency to be over-optimistic about the outcome of planned actions.

Ingroup bias - preferential treatment people give to whom they perceive to be members of their own groups.

Just-world phenomenon - the tendency for people to believe that the world is "just" and therefore people "get what they deserve."

Projection bias - the tendency to unconsciously assume that others share the same or similar thoughts, beliefs, values, or positions.

Self-serving bias - the tendency to claim more responsibility for successes than failures.

And the most important bias of all that keeps all other biases running smoothly is:

Bias blind spot - the tendency not to recognise one's own cognitive biases.

[AgentR]

Confirmation, Bandwagon, and Ingroup

Most primates seek out like minded&bodied primates to associate with. In the less evolved primates, the outliers and misfits are simply killed; in humans we shun and banish instead; but its the same dynamic. Followers, leaders, and would be leaders who would challenge and fail.

Not a flaw, just a natural survival strategy that takes the guidance of leader(s), and matches it to the sustainability of the clan.

Illusion of control, and the rest

Are all psychological adaptations that allow the very limited, but sentient intellect of the human mind cope with living in a world that vastly exceeds any individual's ability to understand.

Outliers and misfits may not have these, and most will fail without harming the clan, but the ones that are successful in some way bring advancement of one type or another back to the clan. Even if the clan quickly moves to kill or shun the outlier as a result.

I prefer to be the outlier, seeking out lefty political groups to annoy, wandering the realms where few if any think like I do and believe what I believe. I'm distinctly aware of my own failures, limitations and strengths, and I am profoundly aware that the world couldn't give a flip whether I live, suffer, or die. Justice is an illusion for us, only the mind of God is adequate to the challenge of being Just.

[firestarter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayame', 'L')ist of some important cognitive biases:

Bandwagon effect - the tendency to do (or believe) things because many other people do (or believe) the same.

Confirmation bias - the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions.

Illusion of control - the tendency for human beings to believe they can control or at least influence outcomes which they clearly cannot.

Overconfidence effect - the tendency to overestimate one's own abilities.


Optimism bias - the systematic tendency to be over-optimistic about the outcome of planned actions.

Ingroup bias - preferential treatment people give to whom they perceive to be members of their own groups.

Just-world phenomenon - the tendency for people to believe that the world is "just" and therefore people "get what they deserve."

Projection bias - the tendency to unconsciously assume that others share the same or similar thoughts, beliefs, values, or positions.

Self-serving bias - the tendency to claim more responsibility for successes than failures.

And the most important bias of all that keeps all other biases running smoothly is:

Bias blind spot - the tendency not to recognise one's own cognitive biases.

[AgentR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('firestarter', 'P')sychobabbling claptrap.

[NEOPO]

I know you are but what am I?

[Ayame]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', '
')I could continue but I think you understand my basic position. All of these percieved flaws are simply the product of millions of years of careful evolution.

[BlisteredWhippet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('firestarter', '
')Psychobabbling claptrap.

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BlisteredWhippet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('firestarter', '
')Psychobabbling claptrap.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayame', '
')Indeed the biases were obviously favoured by evolution else they wouldn't exist so they must on the whole offer more success than failure.

[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', '.').. but what am I?

[BlisteredWhippet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayame', '
')Indeed the biases were obviously favoured by evolution else they wouldn't exist so they must on the whole offer more success than failure.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayame', '[')b]Bandwagon effect - the tendency to do (or believe) things because many other people do (or believe) the same.

Confirmation bias - the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions.

Illusion of control - the tendency for human beings to believe they can control or at least influence outcomes which they clearly cannot.

Overconfidence effect - the tendency to overestimate one's own abilities.

Optimism bias - the systematic tendency to be over-optimistic about the outcome of planned actions.

Ingroup bias - preferential treatment people give to whom they perceive to be members of their own groups.

Just-world phenomenon - the tendency for people to believe that the world is "just" and therefore people "get what they deserve."

Projection bias - the tendency to unconsciously assume that others share the same or similar thoughts, beliefs, values, or positions.

Self-serving bias - the tendency to claim more responsibility for successes than failures.

Bias blind spot - the tendency not to recognise one's own cognitive biases.

[Ayame]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', ' ')Not necessarily; they may be genetic noise - a bit of evolutionary detritus which is neither helpful nor especially hurtful in the big scheme of things. It's not accurate to assume evolution is "careful," evolution is rather messy.

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BlisteredWhippet', '.').... Without bias, there probably would be no cognition at all.....

[BlisteredWhippet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BlisteredWhippet', '.').... Without bias, there probably would be no cognition at all.....

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BlisteredWhippet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BlisteredWhippet', '.').... Without bias, there probably would be no cognition at all.....