Note: This post was written almost entirely by AI as an experiment. The transcript below is also transcribed by AI but has been carefully edited by a human for greater…
The misinformation effect happens when a person’s memory of an event is less accurate because they have received misinformation about that event afterward. The new information is stored and distorts…
Originally named Brandolini’s Law, which is named after Italian software developer Alberto Brandolini, who proposed it in a tweet on January 2013. He wrote that “the amount of energy needed…
Let’s look closer at a concept that many of us are familiar with but may not fully understand – the Sunk Cost Fallacy. This cognitive bias, often described as throwing…
We over-estimate how much other people are like us. We assume that our personal qualities, beliefs, and actions are common among the general population. This gives us a little boost…
The Frequency illusion, also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon or frequency bias, is a cognitive bias that describes our tendency to notice something more often after we notice it for the first time.…
The concept of the Circle of Competence mental model is having deep knowledge in certain areas of life, built up over time by combining study and experience; a specialization or…
In the realm of cognitive biases, the authority bias holds a significant place. This bias occurs when we give undue weight or belief to the opinions or actions of individuals…
Transcript: Hi. Today we’re talking about the Monty Hall problem. It is not a cognitive bias. It might fall into mental model because it’s about probabilities. So we are playing.…
Transcript: Good morning. Hi, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to our world, or whatever time it is in your world. . So today we are talking about another cognitive bias.…
