10 cognitive biases that distort our thinking during the corona crisis
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We, humans, have a collective misbelief about our ability to think and act rationally. In reality, our thinking and decision-making are influenced by so-called cognitive biases, a kind of unconscious mental shortcuts. In the course of evolution, we have developed them to save time and energy; cognitive biases help us make lots of decisions quickly and automatically. But under certain circumstances, they lead to perceptual distortion, inaccurate judgment, and illogical interpretation. For example when we face danger, when we deal with complexity, and when we are in situations that are entirely new to us. Our cognitive biases take over, and without us noticing it, our thinking and decision-making become irrational and ineffective in a quite systematic way.
10 cognitive biases that distort our thinking during the corona crisis
10 cognitive biases that distort our thinking…
10 cognitive biases that distort our thinking during the corona crisis
We, humans, have a collective misbelief about our ability to think and act rationally. In reality, our thinking and decision-making are influenced by so-called cognitive biases, a kind of unconscious mental shortcuts. In the course of evolution, we have developed them to save time and energy; cognitive biases help us make lots of decisions quickly and automatically. But under certain circumstances, they lead to perceptual distortion, inaccurate judgment, and illogical interpretation. For example when we face danger, when we deal with complexity, and when we are in situations that are entirely new to us. Our cognitive biases take over, and without us noticing it, our thinking and decision-making become irrational and ineffective in a quite systematic way.