1. We prefer stories to statistics.
2. We seek to confirm, not to question, our ideas.
3. We don't appreciate the role of chance and coincidence in shaping events.
4. We sometimes misperceive the world around us.
5. We oversimplify.
6. We have faulty memories.
"Don't Believe Everything You Think" - Thomas Kida
- 6 basic mistakes in thinking

2008-11-06 05:54 am (UTC)