Tag psychology/cognitive_bias

Naive Realism and Flawed Perception

Naive realism is the tendency to believe that we perceive reality objectively, and that people who disagree with us are uninformed, irrational, or biased. In reality, our perception is filtered through our experiences, expectations, emotions, and beliefs. As a result,…

Why Anecdotes Beat Data

This is explained by the following 2 ideas: The Vividness Effect It is the tendency for concrete, sensory rich information to get stored and retrieved easily compared to abstract information. In Action Consider the following sentences: The Availability Heuristic The…