We think we know what other people are thinking In some cases this means that we assume that they know what we know, in other cases we assume they’re thinking about us as much as we are thinking about ourselves. It’s basically just a case of us modeling their own… Read More »6 Biases that make us think we know what other people are thinking
We tend to find stories and data when looking at sparse data. Since we only get a tiny sliver of the world’s information, and also filter out almost everything else, we never have the luxury of having the full story. This is how our brain reconstructs the world to feel… Read More »14 Biases which lead us to make stories when we look at sparse data
We simplify probabilities and numbers to make them easier to think about. Our subconscious mind is terrible at math and generally gets all kinds of things wrong about the likelihood of something happening if any data is missing. Appeal to Probability Fallacy (Appeal to Possibility) The logical fallacy of… Read More »9 Biases which help us simplify numbers and probabilities
We project our current mindset and assumptions onto the past and future. Magnified also by the fact that we’re not very good at imagining how quickly or slowly things will happen or change over time. Self-Consistency Bias The commonly held idea that we are more consistent in our attitudes, opinions,… Read More »14 Biases which cause us to project our current mindset into the past and future
We imagine things and people we’re familiar with or fond of as better Similar to the above but the filled-in bits generally also include built in assumptions about the quality and value of the thing we’re looking at. Out-Group Homogeneity Bias (Effect) The perception that out-group members are more similar… Read More »9 Biases that lead us to make wrong perceptions of people and things
We fill in characteristics from stereotypes, generalities, and prior histories. When we have partial information about a specific thing that belongs to a group of things we are pretty familiar with, our brain has no problem filling in the gaps with best guesses or what other trusted sources provide. Conveniently,… Read More »12 Biases which lead us to fill in the blanks from our past experiences
