Cognitive Biases: Difference between revisions

'''Cognitive biases are systematic errors in thinking that occur in all people. They occur when we process information from the world around us leading to incorrect conclusions.''' One of the most common examples is [[Confirmation Bias|confirmation bias]] which refers to the tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while disregarding or downplaying information that contradicts those beliefs or hypotheses. It can lead people to form inaccurate judgments and gain confidence to make flawed decisions as they may only consider information that supports their existing views and ignore important evidence to the contrary. Cognitive biases are often exploited in a range of industries as [[Dark Patterns|"''dark patterns''"]] which aim maintain users in a specific behavioural pattern.

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]]).

There are a wide range of cognitive biases which can be classified by how they are driven, for instance egoic bias are caused by the strong pull of the ego not wanting to be proven wrong. Whereas social biases occur when the pull of the group influence how we think.