The Art of Thinking Clearly: Better Thinking, Better Decisions

Key Insights from "The Art of Thinking Clearly: Better Thinking, Better Decisions"

1. The Fallacy of Confirmation: We tend to seek information that confirms our preconceptions, while ignoring or dismissing conflicting data.
2. Survivorship Bias: We focus on successful outcomes, while overlooking the failures that are statistically more common.
3. Swimmer's Body Illusion: The false belief that certain outcomes are the result of certain actions, when in reality, the outcomes are often influenced by inherent capabilities or traits.
4. Availability Bias: We rely on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating something, rather than looking at all available data.
5. Reciprocity: People feel...

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