How to Understand People on a Deeper Level

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I think about all the ways that we judge people, even once we get to know their perspectives. What we don't try to do is understand why they got there. My point is that instead of diving into this us versus them philosophy and just writing off other people immediately, when you begin to ask them about things, you just understand them on a deeper level. And i think you develop just actually a more accurate view of people in the world when you do this.

Among the many biases that we can fall prey to, one of Calvin's favorites is the fundamental attribution error. The bias, sometimes known as the "correspondence bias", is your tendency to assume that someone's behavior is due to the "kind" of person they are, rather than the circumstances impacting them.

In this episode, Calvin and Steph discuss the cognitive bias, why it matters, and how we can combat it.