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Cognitive Biases

How the mind misleads itself, one bias at a time. Clear, pondering explorations to sharpen your critical thinking.

20 episodes · tap a title to listen

01

The Anchoring Effect: How First Impressions Shape Our Judgements

8:13

02

Confirmation Bias: The Echo Chamber Within Our Minds

8:57

03

The Availability Heuristic: When What Comes to Mind Misleads

9:02

04

The Dunning Kruger Effect: The Confidence of the Incompetent

8:51

05

The Halo Effect: When One Trait Colours Everything

7:43

06

Survivorship Bias: The Dangers of Invisible Failure

7:34

07

The Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why We Cannot Let Go

6:37

08

Hindsight Bias: The Illusion of Having Known All Along

8:15

09

The Bandwagon Effect: Why We Follow the Crowd

7:59

10

Attribution Error: Judging Others by Their Actions, Ourselves by Our Circumstances

7:16

11

The Negativity Bias: Why Bad Feels Stronger Than Good

7:32

12

The Status Quo Bias: The Comfort of Keeping Things As They Are

7:02

13

The Optimism Bias: Believing Our Future Will Be Bright

7:19

14

In Group Bias: The Loyalty We Never Chose

7:02

15

The Spotlight Effect: Overestimating How Much Others Notice Us

8:38

16

The Curse of Knowledge: When Expertise Becomes a Barrier

7:01

17

The Illusion of Transparency: Assuming Others See Our Inner States

7:09

18

The False Consensus Effect: Thinking Everyone Agrees With Us

8:46

19

Choice Supportive Bias: Why We Love What We Chose

6:56

20

The Just World Hypothesis: Believing People Get What They Deserve

7:35