Fundamental belief and Bias

每个人的生命都是通向自我的征途,是对一条道路的尝试,是一条小径的悄然召唤。觉醒的人只有一项义务:找到自我,固守自我,沿着自己的路向前走,不管它通向哪里。– 黑塞 I can explain it only by a weakness of the scholarly mind that I have often observed in myself. I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws. -- Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) Steve Stewart-Williams: Psychologists have posited hundreds of cognitive biases over the years. A fascinating recent paper argues that they all boil down to one of a handful of fundamental beliefs coupled with confirmation bias....

April 6, 2024 · 1 min · un01s