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In reply to the discussion: Let he who is without cognitive bias cast the first lecture. [View all]Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)62. So you read the article too, right?
Past the title?
Cognitive Bias
A cognitive bias is a mistake in reasoning, evaluating, remembering, or other cognitive process, often occurring as a result of holding onto one's preferences and beliefs regardless of contrary information. Psychologists study cognitive biases as they relate to memory, reasoning, and decision-making. Many kinds of cognitive biases exist. For example, a confirmation bias is the tendency to seek only information that matches what one already believes. Memory biases influence what and how easily one remembers. For example, people are more likely to recall events they find humorous and better remember information they produce themselves. People are also more likely to regard as accurate memories associated with significant events or emotions (such as the memory of what one was doing when a catastrophe occurred).
A cognitive bias is a mistake in reasoning, evaluating, remembering, or other cognitive process, often occurring as a result of holding onto one's preferences and beliefs regardless of contrary information. Psychologists study cognitive biases as they relate to memory, reasoning, and decision-making. Many kinds of cognitive biases exist. For example, a confirmation bias is the tendency to seek only information that matches what one already believes. Memory biases influence what and how easily one remembers. For example, people are more likely to recall events they find humorous and better remember information they produce themselves. People are also more likely to regard as accurate memories associated with significant events or emotions (such as the memory of what one was doing when a catastrophe occurred).
Note the part I bolded, and like every sentence after that introducing a couple different kinds of biases, which was the whole point of MM's response to you.
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No, his "point" was to accuse me of making an error by referrign to it in the singular.
guillaumeb
Dec 2018
#64
"I don't think anybody ever had a spiritual experience hacking away on a laptop. "
Lordquinton
Dec 2018
#42
Meanwhile you reveal you can't tell the difference between a fact and a claim
Major Nikon
Dec 2018
#39