- A common way for our brain to make judgemental errors that is repeatable and rooted in a explainable way
- No one is immune to this and certain context makes this condition worse
- Individual Level
- Automation Bias
- Confidence in machines, programs and code
- Neglect to inject personal judgement
- Barnum Effect
- See myself accurately described in vague and generic descriptions of personality
- i.e. Myers Briggs, Astrology
- Base rate neglect fallacy
- Not including the overall statistics into consideration
- Belief bias
- When something is inline with your a prior belief it is more true
- Choice supportive bias
- After making a decision, you exaggerate the benefits from that choice
- Fundamental attribution error
- Assign importance to the individual as the locus of agency in interpreting our own everyday life and the behaviors of others
- Interpersonal Level
- Blind spot bias
- Others are more biased than I am
- Intergroup Level
- Echo chamber
- When everyone agrees with you, you feel more correct
- Availability Heuristic
- Effort justification bias
- I evaluate an outcome based on the effort
- Illusion of transparency
- I believe my thoughts and feelings are more accessible to others than they actually are