List of cognitive biases

Interesting indeed. The bandwagon effect is perhaps the best known (and also responsible for much of what is wrong with modern society). Ironic.

WoW its posts like this that makes me happy I started looking at the forums again! Thanks for sharing the info!

I did find myself all over but I am also seeing how I am aware when those thoughts present themselves.

ha! now I finally understand why I'm a Toronto Maple Leaf Fan, go figure

I use something called a TEA Form (Thinking Error Analysis) to write out my thoughts, identify the specific thinking errors (Cognitive biases/distortions) and then come up with a more correct balanced thought on the topic.

You can read about TEA forms here: Anxiety and POSITIVE CHOICES News: TEA Form- EXERCISE FOR HEALING ANXIETY - DailyStrength. It comes from the book http://www.tao3.com/index.html

This has worked wonders for me to counteract every negative thought that I encounter.

It is a simple Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) exercise.

Also check out Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) which helps you to accept and defuse from your thoughts so that you only act on your commitment to your true goals and values.

The Happiness Trap is the defacto book on ACT http://www.thehappinesstrap.com/

Nice post Joe...I do not see myself all over, but am a rare bird lol I've been about the farthest thing from a bandwagon guy as you can get, with gifting, and traveling the world for 3 years, and I've received hell for it from my fam, and others but I am happy and free, so no worries.

Neat note about hindsight. I've done that one here and there Thanks!

This is a very good post, especially in light of the controversy that was created by recent remarks of Mark Cuban, Owner of the Dallas Maverick's NBA Franchise. The fact is, most of us have these cognitive biases, but some are too politically correct to admit them publicly. What a pity!

Best to you,
Anthony

It is still fascinating to me how one thing can be seen as positive, negative, or neutral depending on context and perspective. Without context and perspective we seem to lose our sanity.

Take the Bandwagon effect for example. Does that mean we should all be using the backfire effect to be contrarian or autonomous or live in the wilds of Alaska alone all the time. Nope. It is the healthy use of individuality when needed that we are after.

In fact, at times I just go along with the herd because the topic or direction don’t matter nearly as much as human social connection. My family (very individualistic group) wanted to go the movie. Everyone discussed it – what they had seen, what they wouldn’t see, what time the movie was playing, etc. etc. I was the only one willing to see a movie I had already seen so that was what ended up happening. IN THAT MOMENT I didn’t really care. I didn’t. Another family member asked me about it and was astounded I was so willing to go along. Whatever. Sometimes that works too. Just whatever.

Or some of the things listed contradict another. Looks like Curse of knowledge offsets Empathy gap. Probably better contradictions but I will leave that to others.