cognitive biases
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COVID-19 coronavirus
Is the COVID-19 pandemic the result of knowledge management failures? (part 1): Cognitive biases and disaster responses
The short answer is yes, the COVID-19 pandemic is the result of failures of knowledge management. But not in the…
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Brain power
Cognitive bias sorting and resources
A guide on cognitive bias sorting ideas for psychologists and lay people.
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2019’s top 100 journal articles
The mental trick that makes it seem like subsequent generations are in decline [Top 100 journal articles of 2019]
Two mechanisms contribute to humanity’s perennial tendency to denigrate kids. Cognitive biases such as these need to be a consideration…
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Getting to the heart of the problems with Boeing, Takata, and Toyota
Getting to the heart of the problems with Boeing, Takata, and Toyota (part 3): Toyota, Takata, and cognitive biases
Unfortunately it’s not just aviation and medicine that are experiencing life-threatening problems at the complex interface between technology and people.
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Nudge theory
Simplistic solutions to complex problems turns behavioural science into a dangerous pseudoscience (part 1): Confirmation bias and complexity
High-profile Cornell University food researcher Brian Wansink has been found guilty of academic misconduct. How and why did this happen?
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Brain power
Is our brain able to think rationally, even when we don’t?
A recent study looked at the extent to which prior knowledge could be modified if new or conflicting evidence emerged,…
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Opinion
A rational person’s 1-minute guide to why rational thinking often fails to persuade people [Thinking is hard series]
It becomes rational to revisit rationality as a method of persuasion, because it fails to produce results.
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Opinion
Great zinger! [Thinking is hard series]
Do zingers move an argument towards resolution?
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Brain power
One bias to rule them all [Thinking is hard series]
I’ve begun to think of all cognitive biases as different versions of a single bias.
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Brain power
Unconsciously biased [Thinking is hard series]
Your unconscious essentially builds a buffet of ideas and you do your best to pick out something good enough to…