Psychology Social Sciences

Cognitive Biases

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  1. I know almost nothing yet think I know the best.

  2. I often follow the easy path.

  3. I often have double standards.

  4. I follow stories, winners, bandwagons, ..

  5. I do almost everything to feel a bit better.

  6. Mistakes of others are easier to notice than my own

  7. I jump to conclusions, oversimplify, overgeneralize, exaggerate, and stereotype.

  8. I do what is quick, easy, and comfortable over what is important.

  9. I deal out judgment to others and seek understanding myself

  10. A good story can easily win over the facts.

  11. I make decisions for trivial reasons and pretend otherwise. Emotions make decisions. Reason comes later and justifies.

  12. It’s almost impossible to change people, read minds, or predict future. Yet I still try

  13. I make myself unhappy by comparison, negativity, regret, and worry

  14. I like to cry over spilled milk

  15. 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

  16. Environment shapes me more than I think.

  17. I often make friends with whoever is close by

  18. I love bandwagons, all these people can’t be wrong?

  19. People like you more than you know but they seldom think about you

  20. I generally like to be consistent, to keep commitments

  21. I fear and respect what I don’t know.

  22. I like to fill in the blanks

  23. I want to associate with winners and avoid losers.

  24. I think success is earned and failure is deserved but most things are so random.

  25. I feel envy but wouldn’t want to completely swap myself with another person

  26. I tend to do something even when doing nothing is better

  27. I often don’t know where to stop

See also

Heuristics That Almost Always Work - by Scott Alexander (astralcodexten.com)

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