Cognitive Bias and Illusions

When i'm teaching a class on critical thinking, i talk more about illusions than about biases. Nobody feels bad that their brain tricks them that way. We all do that because that's the way our brains are programmed. And recognizing that your brain is willing to take a short cut helps us to realize that biases are just a trick of the way that our brains work. I'll tell you, as a person who flew a single seat fighter for most of my career, it's pretty disappointing to realize that i don't do my best thinking by myself."