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'''Cognitive biases are systematic errors in thinking that occur in all people. They occur when processing and interpreting information from the world around us. In essence, they are predictable patterns of thought and behaviour that lead to incorrect conclusions.''' | '''Cognitive biases are systematic errors in thinking that occur in all people. They occur when processing and interpreting information from the world around us. In essence, they are predictable patterns of thought and behaviour that lead to incorrect conclusions.''' | ||
The most popular bias in society is the Bias Blindness, which is the belief that one's self is absent of thought bias. | The most popular bias in society is the Bias Blindness, which is the belief that one's self is absent of thought bias. It is a good place to start to further delve deeper into the '''[[heuristics]], [[Thought Paradoxes|paradoxes]] or [[Logical fallacies|fallacies]]''' that make up the human mind, including: | ||
# '''[[Self-serving bias|Self-serving Bias]]''' - the tendency people have to seek out information and use it in ways that advance their self-interest. | # '''[[Self-serving bias|Self-serving Bias]]''' - the tendency people have to seek out information and use it in ways that advance their self-interest. | ||
# '''[[Availability Bias|Availability Heuristic]]'''<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow</ref> - people tend to use the ease with which they can think of examples when making decisions. | # '''[[Availability Bias|Availability Heuristic]]'''<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow</ref> - people tend to use the ease with which they can think of examples when making decisions. | ||
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== Personal Bias Suppression == | == Personal Bias Suppression == | ||
Analyzing one's beliefs, preferences, or associations while experiencing personal bias suppression can lead to new perspectives that would take years of in depth psychoanalysis. The suppression of this innate tendency often induces the realization that certain aspects of a person's personality, | Analyzing one's beliefs, preferences, or associations while experiencing personal bias suppression can lead to new perspectives that would take years of in depth psychoanalysis. The suppression of this innate tendency often induces the realization that certain aspects of a person's personality, worldview and culture are not reflective of objective truths about reality, but are in fact subjective or even delusional opinions.<ref>'''Weak phantasy and visionary phantasy: the phenomenological significance of altered states of consciousness'''. Horváth, Lajos; Szummer, Csaba; Szabo, Attila (2017). ''Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences''. '''17''' (1): 117–129. doi:10.1007/s11097-016-9497-4. ISSN 1568-7759.</ref> This realization often leads to or accompanies deep states of insight and critical introspection which can create significant alterations in a person's perspective that last anywhere from days, weeks, months, or even years after the experience itself. Personal bias suppression is one of the hallmark effects of using [[psychedelics]]. | ||
== Bias Perception Advantage == | == Bias Perception Advantage == | ||
Once you can see bias in yourself you will start to see bias in others. Artificial intelligence is doing this already by taking advantage of human heuristics to convince us that AI constructed language is in fact coming from a human. This is because human judgments of AI-generated language are handicapped by intuitive but flawed heuristics such as associating first-person pronouns, authentic words, or family topics with humanity. The latest GPT language algorithms know this and are taking advantage of this fact.<ref>AI-Mediated Communication: How the Perception that Profile Text was Written by AI Affects Trustworthiness. CHI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing | Once you can see bias in yourself you will start to see bias in others. Artificial intelligence is doing this already by taking advantage of human heuristics to convince us that AI constructed language is in fact coming from a human. This is because human judgments of AI-generated language are handicapped by intuitive but flawed heuristics such as associating first-person pronouns, authentic words, or family topics with humanity. The latest GPT language algorithms know this and are taking advantage of this fact.<ref>'''AI-Mediated Communication: How the Perception that Profile Text was Written by AI Affects Trustworthiness'''. CHI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. May 2019 Paper No.: 239Pages 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300469</ref> | ||
'''References''' | '''References''' | ||