how can i become a smarter person — i opened 47 tabs
the question of becoming a smarter person felt urgent enough that i opened forty-seven tabs about it. then i forgot which tab had the answer and…
anchoring bias meaning — and the first beer set the price
the first beer at mike’s bar was four dollars. every beer after that has, in my brain, also been four dollars, regardless of the receipt.…
define cognitive bias — and i’m fairly sure
fine. define cognitive bias. it is the thing that makes me sure the wine guy stefan is wrong about parsley while being equally sure the man who…
cognitive bias definition — i have it open in tab 23
the cognitive bias definition is currently sitting in tab 23, sandwiched between a recipe for parsley pasta and a forum about cordless drills. i…
confirmation bias definition psychology — and i guess i fit
psychology has a clinical phrase for what i do most mornings. confirmation bias, full term, no apologies. apparently it is what makes a person…
cognitive bias meaning — and i think i own three
cognitive bias sounds like a setting on a fancy thermostat. i pictured a small dial in my head, set permanently to me. the meaning, when i finally…
confirmation bias meaning — i looked it up and qualified
i looked up confirmation bias because mike accused me of having one. the meaning fit so well i felt personally attacked by the letters. then i…
confirmation bias definition — by someone with a working brain
the dictionary defines confirmation bias in roughly twenty words. mine is shorter. i look for stuff that proves me right, find it, and treat the…
confirmation bias, by someone who is always right
i read a tweet that agreed with me and felt my whole skeleton align. then i read one that did not and concluded the man was clearly unwell.…
