Cognitive Bias and the Fallacy Fallacy

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Cannoman and busky talk about cognitive biases. How do we integrate those into the way we think in a practical way? Huristics are rules of thumb, and they're what we need to make good decisions. We rely on short cuts all the time but that emotions also bring out the best in us. And let's start talking about the kind of circumstances under which people make sensible decisions.

Tom Chatfield is a philosopher and author of the books Critical Thinking and How To Think. In this episode we discuss:- How to avoid common thinking mistakes and deal with your biases to be less wrong- The three characteristics of valuable information sources- How to understand statistics and form an accurate picture of reality in a data driven world

We also discuss Tom’s experience writing a book during the pandemic and the task of teaching people to think. This episode will help you overcome thinking mistakes and make sense of the world around you.