Cognitive Biases
- I know almost nothing yet think I know the best.
- I often follow the easy path.
- I often have double standards.
- I follow stories, winners, bandwagons, ..
- I do almost everything to feel a bit better.
- Mistakes of others are easier to notice than my own
- I jump to conclusions, oversimplify, overgeneralize, exaggerate, and stereotype.
- I do what is quick, easy, and comfortable over what is important.
- I deal out judgment to others and seek understanding myself
- A good story can easily win over the facts.
- I make decisions for trivial reasons and pretend otherwise. Emotions make decisions. Reason comes later and justifies.
- It’s almost impossible to change people, read minds, or predict future. Yet I still try
- I make myself unhappy by comparison, negativity, regret, and worry
- I like to cry over spilled milk
- Like a gambler, I think my luck will turn after a streak of losses, but every turn is different and no one’s keeping the score
- Environment shapes me more than I think.
- I often make friends with whoever is close by
- I love bandwagons, all these people can’t be wrong?
- People like you more than you know but they seldom think about you
- I generally like to be consistent, to keep commitments
- I fear and respect what I don’t know.
- I like to fill in the blanks
- I want to associate with winners and avoid losers.
- I think success is earned and failure is deserved but most things are so random.
- I feel envy but wouldn’t want to completely swap myself with another person
- I tend to do something even when doing nothing is better
- I overvalue short-term rewards over long-term ones
- I often don’t know where to stop
Bias for unhappiness
- Expectation, should would sentences
- Negativity, black filter, all or nothing, ignoring positives
- Hedonic adaptation
- Taking it personal
- Mind reading, labeling
- Exaggeration, Jumping to conclusions
See also
Heuristics That Almost Always Work - by Scott Alexander (astralcodexten.com)