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Re:List of cognitive biases by alex_c on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:24PM (#313001)
My god. Reading through that list, it's amazing when anyone (including myself) ever manages to get anything done, or that society works as well as it does.

Yeah, I guess I'm a glass half full kinda guy.

Re:List of cognitive biases by andreyf on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @12:11AM (#313166)
This list is precisely how we get things done - by building trusting relationships, ignoring data most likely to be distracting, and focusing on stuff that can hurt us.
Re:List of cognitive biases by OneSeventeen on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @11:29AM (#313604)
And, by contrast, this is why computers are so slow at some decisions: no biases or heuristics, no input prioritization, etc.
Re:List of cognitive biases by nazgulnarsil on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @11:49PM (#313157)
yeah, to be fair it is rather amazing what humanity has accomplished with a brain meant for running from cats on the savanna. but the vast majority of modern comforts is due to a small group of entrepreneurs.
Re:List of cognitive biases by sofal on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @12:54AM (#313204)
It would be hard I think to name a more irrational group of people than entrepreneurs.

May we be blessed with an abundance of the more altruistic among them.