List of Cognitive Biases

I was a big fan of cognitive psychology and biases and tried to read as much books as possible on the subject. Even had a mind-map on finished and TODO books (https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/buybackoff/8746464/10862/108... upper-right corner). I think the best practical material on the subject is Charlie Munger talks. Particularly his talk "On the psychology of human misjudgement" (https://buffettmungerwisdom.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/mung...) and "Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T…

I wonder if a "cognitive bias bias" exists, where a rational solution is discounted in favor of a more inferior one due to falsely attributing your initial solution as a cognitive bias, even though it is perfectly appropriate for the situation at hand?

It's not enough to know your biases intellectually. Even if I know how any or all of those biases apply to me, there's still a gap between my knowing as an intellectual exercise and my fully experiencing it such that I can act freely when the bias might otherwise direct my actions. For me, the best practice that I've found at identifying and getting past biases has been meditation. Finding a teacher or a style that fits your biases is…

The "women are wonderful effect" seems plausible, but I found the original study [1] and was disappointed to see that the generalization "people associate more positive attributes with women compared to men" came from a sample of 322 college students (probably all from Purdue, the authors' institution). Makes me think of a quote from that fantastic paper, "The Weirdest People in the World" [2]: > Commonly, there is no demographic information about the participants, aside from their age and gender…