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== The Objectivity Assumption == | == The Objectivity Assumption == | ||
The best place to start to learn about biases is [[The Objectivity Assumption]] (see presentation above), which is the common held belief that one's self is absent of thought bias. Once understood, you will start to see how the various '''[[heuristics]], [[Thought Paradoxes|paradoxes]] or [[Logical fallacies|fallacies]]''' that make up the human mind forge our perception and are protected form change by the ego's difficulty in being proven wrong ([[cognitive dissonance]]). | The best place to start to learn about biases is [[The Objectivity Assumption]] (see presentation above), which is the common held belief that one's self is absent of thought bias. Once understood, you will start to see how the various '''[[heuristics]], [[Thought Paradoxes|paradoxes]] or [[Logical fallacies|fallacies]]''' that make up the human mind forge our perception and are protected form change by the ego's difficulty in being proven wrong ([[cognitive dissonance]]). This is often because the ego works to maintain and protect an individual’s self-image. Recognizing one's own cognitive biases might be seen as a threat to one’s competence or rationality, making it difficult to acknowledge them. | ||
=== | === Ego Driven Cognitive Biases === | ||
These are cognitive biases which are all based around maintaining the ego's inflated sense of self: | These are cognitive biases which are all based around maintaining the ego's inflated sense of self: | ||