Re:Lee Ross and the “Fundamental Attribution Error”
by scandox on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:26AM
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"It is folly to increase your wisdom at the expense of your authority"
- Sir Humphrey Appleby
The problem with so many of these cognitive improvements we can make for ourselves is that they are often cognitively speaking weaknesses. In other words many kinds of wisdom actually reduce our effectiveness. I would always choose knowledge over power but for many people the important thing is to think in the way that rewards them, not in a way that increases their insight.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby
The problem with so many of these cognitive improvements we can make for ourselves is that they are often cognitively speaking weaknesses. In other words many kinds of wisdom actually reduce our effectiveness. I would always choose knowledge over power but for many people the important thing is to think in the way that rewards them, not in a way that increases their insight.