Evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase wisdom as we age

Re:Evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase ... by Natsu on Sunday May 15, 2016 @03:10AM (#11699852)

Understanding them tends to lead to overconfidence and being more affected, in general, actually. We might improve by gaining experience in compensating for them, though.

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Re:Evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase ... by thedevil on Sunday May 15, 2016 @07:14AM (#11700464)

Can you back this up with an example or explanation? It seems like a counter intuitive claim

By learning about biases, I've been able to spot a lot of my own. I don't see how that makes me more overconfident (I was already arrogant) or more prone to bias. And I'd much rather argue with someone else who is familiar with cognitive biases.

Edit: and just for fun, you could say I'm just showing commitment/consistency bias since I've already invested time to learn about biases.

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Re:Evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase ... by meowface on Sunday May 15, 2016 @03:36AM (#11699920)

They should add an entry for the "bias awareness" bias. :)

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Re:Evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase ... by Natsu on Sunday May 15, 2016 @05:29AM (#11700141)

It's been a while since I read the list, but I believe there is something like that.

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Re:Evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase ... by lkbm on Sunday May 15, 2016 @10:27AM (#11701014)

Sounds like the bias blind spot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_blind_spot

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