Cognitive Biases
topic on 2 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
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Tversky: Cognitive biases stem from useful heuristics that carry unavoidable costs
“There's a reason, For every one of these biases, that is, there's an underlying reason that's deeper, more abstract, or broader, that where these things have been useful in one way or another, but their use is highly limited, and can lead you into trouble, as …”
Kahneman: Decades of studying cognitive biases has not made him immune
“Yeah, certainly not much better, no.”
Parrish: Cognitive bias checklists fail to prevent future mistakes
“What I found is cognitive biases are sort of great for explaining why we make mistakes in hindsight, but they're not necessarily really good for preventing or anticipating mistakes in the future, because what happens is any reasonably intelligent person sits d…”
Duke: Smart people aware of cognitive biases are worse at overcoming them
“In fact, there's a lot of evidence that says that smart people who know about them are actually worse.”