Cognitive Bias & Biases

[Wes]

We need a thread on cognitive biases. You can post links to your book chapters here...

But why not start with:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias

 

[Trell]

Here is one book with practical examples from personal finance: https://books.google.com/books?id=f1XOuHAqPUkC

 

[Wes]

Here is one for those who enjoy wine, scotch, or playing with the gear while listening:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159112000688

 

[Blumlein 88]

Here is one for those who enjoy wine, scotch, or playing with the gear while listening:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159112000688

Neighbor used to have a pet pot belly pig. She much preferred an enriched environment. She loved for you to talk to her. She hated being alone, and wanted someone around talking to her. No idea she understood, she just liked knowing someone was aware of her apparently.

 

[Jim Matthews]

Malcom Gladwell made his bones on this very notion.

It was handy, from a survival standpoint, but slows the Scientific method.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40102.Blink

 

[MaxBuck]

We need a thread on cognitive biases. You can post links to your book chapters here...

But why not start with:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias

Ooh. Ooh.

Any link that includes discussion of the great Amos Tversky and Danny Kahneman has me hooked.

 

[Enkay25]

And this the root of :

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias