{"id":9612,"date":"2020-08-25T15:28:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=9612"},"modified":"2020-08-25T15:28:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:58:41","slug":"bias-blind-spot-cognitive-biases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/bias-blind-spot-cognitive-biases\/","title":{"rendered":"Bias blind spot: Cognitive biases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Mains: G.S paper IV: Ethics: Ethics and human interface\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/bias-blind-spot-cognitive-biases\/#Context\" title=\"Context:\">Context:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/bias-blind-spot-cognitive-biases\/#Fail_to_recognise_cognitive_biases\" title=\"Fail to recognise cognitive biases:\">Fail to recognise cognitive biases:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/bias-blind-spot-cognitive-biases\/#Example_of_a_bias_blind_spot\" title=\"Example of a bias blind spot:\u00a0\">Example of a bias blind spot:\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/bias-blind-spot-cognitive-biases\/#Another_example\" title=\"Another example:\u00a0\">Another example:\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/bias-blind-spot-cognitive-biases\/#Developing_biases\" title=\"Developing biases:\">Developing biases:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/bias-blind-spot-cognitive-biases\/#Who_has_been_the_biggest_mass_murderer_in_history\" title=\"Who has been the biggest mass murderer in history?\u00a0\">Who has been the biggest mass murderer in history?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/bias-blind-spot-cognitive-biases\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion:\">Conclusion:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Context\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Context:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.slidesharecdn.com\/gellerssmartconsumernews-170111212134\/95\/how-to-be-a-smart-consumer-of-news-3-638.jpg?cb=1486670235\" alt=\"How to Be a Smart Consumer of News\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As part of human we all have some form of unconscious bias. But when we observe our understanding of this, we get blinded to our own nurtured biases.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.slidesharecdn.com\/decisionmakingcognitivebiases-190211153715\/95\/decision-making-cognitive-biases-11-638.jpg?cb=1549899649\" alt=\"Decision Making &amp; Cognitive Biases\" \/><\/li>\n<li>It is not easy for us to accept about our biases. It is like a blind spot.<\/li>\n<li>Most people have no idea of how biased they actually are. But they feel that most people around them are more biased than they themselves are.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/55ddc911bd86ef12008b5fd7?width=1136&amp;format=jpeg\" alt=\"Cognitive biases that affect decisions - Business Insider\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fail_to_recognise_cognitive_biases\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Fail to recognise cognitive biases:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.slidesharecdn.com\/2017-7-july-xbowebinarhowdidimissthatbugwithgerieowen-170712014914\/95\/xbosoft-webinar-how-did-i-miss-that-bug-cognitive-biases-in-software-testing-27-638.jpg?cb=1499824435\" alt=\"XBOSoft webinar - How Did I Miss That Bug - Cognitive Biases in Softw\u2026\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We all fail to notice our own cognitive biases.<\/li>\n<li>The fact is we all may be drawn to a particular style or way of working without being aware of it.<\/li>\n<li>For instance, we tend to get friendly with people who match our own ways of seeing the world and are unaware we are doing so.<\/li>\n<li>It would be incorrect to say that we would find an unbiased person easily \u2026 colour, class, race, gender, nepotism all are biases that are going on and on because of the bias blind spot.<\/li>\n<li>We are unaware of our own actual degree of bias. The more we feel that we are less biased than others, the less we are clear of our own understanding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_of_a_bias_blind_spot\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Example of a bias blind spot:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.yaware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/blindspot.jpg\" alt=\"The Bias Blind Spot Is Our Excuse for Being Overconfident\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the US, most citizens argue about gun control; people are convinced that more guns lead to more violence.<\/li>\n<li>On the other hand, people buy guns to protect themselves because they are convinced that they are more likely to be harmed if they don\u2019t have guns, so they buy and store guns.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t we always make a decision and interpret it with data to justify? We see patterns based on our past experiences, and connect the dots at an almost innate level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Another_example\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Another example:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hackernoon.com\/hn-images\/1*FUJ8ouU2t0ZRewwIQAxj1w.jpeg\" alt=\"Investing and The Danger of Confirmation Bias | Hacker Noon\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When physicians receive gifts from pharmaceutical companies, they tell others that these gifts do not affect their decisions about what medicine to prescribe because they have no memory of gifts biasing their prescription.<\/li>\n<li>Nevertheless, if you ask them whether a gift might unconsciously bias the decisions of other physicians, most will agree that other physicians are unconsciously biased by gifts, while continuing to believe that their own decisions are not.<\/li>\n<li>Our five senses supply us with incredible amounts of data constantly. It is unfeasible for the human brain to process all the information received as it is too huge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Developing_biases\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Developing biases:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/cogblog\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_0187-1.jpg\" alt=\"CogBlog \u2013 A Cognitive Psychology Blog \u00bb If You're Reading This You ...\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To make our lives easier, our brains are programmed to take shortcuts when interpreting data. We subconsciously develop a set of rules that we plug into unconsciously that allow us to make immediate decisions and judgements.<\/li>\n<li>We develop our biases through genetics, through education, through the work we do, through the people we interact with, the culture we grow up in, our childhood experience, our friends, our teachers, the way we are brought up, etc.<\/li>\n<li>The best part is that our biases don\u2019t always serve to be right. In the modern world, our inherent biases make our lives complicated. Our blind spots are visible to others, but we don\u2019t see them.<\/li>\n<li>The bias blind spot can be extremely problematic; when we operate from within our blind spot, we are more likely to reject inputs of others, including experts in a particular area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_has_been_the_biggest_mass_murderer_in_history\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Who has been the biggest mass murderer in history?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Most people probably assume that the answer is Adolf Hitler, architect of the Holocaust. Others might guess Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who may indeed have managed to kill even more innocent people than Hitler did, but both Hitler and Stalin were outdone by Mao.<\/li>\n<li>His Great Leap Forward policy led to deaths of up to 45 million people, easily making it the biggest episode of mass murder ever recorded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cxl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/prophecy-568x322.jpg\" alt=\"You're Irrational: How to Avoid Cognitive Blind Spots in ...\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The fact is that communists have a bias blind spot in their basic thinking; the rule by communist parties often leads to totalitarianism, political repression, restrictions of human rights, poor economic performance, and cultural and artistic censorship.<\/li>\n<li>If not checked in time, a bias blind spot can get dangerous beyond the control of any kind.<\/li>\n<li>When we operate from within our blind spot, we are more likely to reject inputs of others, including of experts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Mains: G.S paper IV: Ethics: Ethics and human interface\u00a0 Context: As part of human we all have some form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-9612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9613,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9612\/revisions\/9613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}