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Nine lessons learned from studying the cognitive biases:
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1.
I am not immune from the negative patterns I recognise in others.
I studied the biases to learn more about other people, but I found myself learning more about myself, I found that the same kind of things that are influencing others, are also influencing me.
I am not immune from the negative patterns I recognise in others.
I studied the biases to learn more about other people, but I found myself learning more about myself, I found that the same kind of things that are influencing others, are also influencing me.
2.
Whatever 'feels right' is not always right.
'The Bandwagon effect.' is going along with something because the majority are going along with it.
Everyone else's validation makes the situation 'feel right' but are we just confusing feeling with thinking in this situation?
Whatever 'feels right' is not always right.
'The Bandwagon effect.' is going along with something because the majority are going along with it.
Everyone else's validation makes the situation 'feel right' but are we just confusing feeling with thinking in this situation?
3.
Everyone has an agenda.
Presenting facts doesn't always prove someone is right, it's not about the facts they present but what they are trying to prove with those facts.
That is where their agenda lies.
The same facts are often used to support contradictory agendas.
Everyone has an agenda.
Presenting facts doesn't always prove someone is right, it's not about the facts they present but what they are trying to prove with those facts.
That is where their agenda lies.
The same facts are often used to support contradictory agendas.
4
The 'bad guys' are not too different to us.
Their leaders know the cognitive biases and know how to manipulate the masses, just like our leaders do.
They just hold different agendas, then their own confirmation bias justifies their actions, just like ours justifies our own.
The 'bad guys' are not too different to us.
Their leaders know the cognitive biases and know how to manipulate the masses, just like our leaders do.
They just hold different agendas, then their own confirmation bias justifies their actions, just like ours justifies our own.
5.
I need to declutter my mind.
They made me wonder how much of what I know has been manipulated by other people's agenda.
It made me question any negative opinion I had and how I came to feel that way.
I found spending time alone to reflect opened my mind.
I need to declutter my mind.
They made me wonder how much of what I know has been manipulated by other people's agenda.
It made me question any negative opinion I had and how I came to feel that way.
I found spending time alone to reflect opened my mind.
6.
People don't always know they are lying.
You've heard the saying 'they believe their own lies.'
This is because they want their lie to be true and their cognitive biases convinces them that it is.
They need to be dealt with differently than those who know they're lying.
People don't always know they are lying.
You've heard the saying 'they believe their own lies.'
This is because they want their lie to be true and their cognitive biases convinces them that it is.
They need to be dealt with differently than those who know they're lying.
7.
I understand people more and judge less.
Difference of opinion just comes from different life experiences and being exposed to different surroundings, I learned to accept people for who they are and understand where they are coming from, even if I see things differently.
I understand people more and judge less.
Difference of opinion just comes from different life experiences and being exposed to different surroundings, I learned to accept people for who they are and understand where they are coming from, even if I see things differently.
8.
We are what we think we are.
The cognitive biases will set your beliefs, that will compel you to take action to make yourself who you believe yourself to be, good or bad.
Another reason why we need to stay on a positive frequency,
We are what we think we are.
The cognitive biases will set your beliefs, that will compel you to take action to make yourself who you believe yourself to be, good or bad.
Another reason why we need to stay on a positive frequency,
9.
We can change the way we feel about things just by viewing them differently.
Dropping negative feelings that served no purpose often changed bad memories to good memories.
I learned that I often made this happen in reverse when my perception of people changed.
We can change the way we feel about things just by viewing them differently.
Dropping negative feelings that served no purpose often changed bad memories to good memories.
I learned that I often made this happen in reverse when my perception of people changed.
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