Beating Cognitive Biases
- Author
- Ian Mikutel, March Rogers, Darren Austin
- Published
- Mon 04 Feb 2019
- Episode Link
- https://www.bettershow.io/
We discuss how you can beat cognitive bias. Learn common biases and strategies for identifying and overcoming them.
Show Notes
- 4:52— What exactly is cognitive bias, what research led to the discovery of it, and why should we pay attention to it.
- 7:50— The different types of cognitive bias and how they affect our decisions in everyday life.
- 9:18— The parallels between how we establish unconscious biases and how we form habits.
- 11:25— Is it even possible to remove all cognitive bias and if we could would we even want to?
- 12:40— The summary of different biases as categorized by Buster Benson.
- 19:05— The problems caused by cognitive bias, including missed details, and incorrect conclusions.
- 20:18— Why humans are predisposed to see faces in inanimate objects.
- 22:27— March quizzes Ian and Darren about some common cognitive biases.
- 34:14— The Ben Franklin effect and how you can use it to strengthen your relationships.
- 36:28— The IKEA effect and how it affects many of the products you buy.
- 38:30— The Google effect and what it has to do with Darren’s ability to accurately spell words.
- 45:33— What cognitive bias has to do with one’s base level of happiness.
- 47:55— Tips for making better decisions to counteract cognitive bias.
- 50:20— Using decision making frameworks to counteract cognitive bias.
- 54:40— The value of making decisions slowly.
56:00— Ian, Darren, and March each pick one of the methods discussed in the show improve their individual decision making.
Mentions
- 📰 Wikipedia article: List of Cognitive Biases
- 🔧 Tool: Cognitive bias cheat sheet
- 🔧 Tool: the Pugh Matrix
- 🎙 Show: The Better Show episode on the Eisenhower Matrix
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