Why smart people do stupid things

[MARIS61]

http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/feature/why-people-are-irrational-kurt-kleiner/

 

[BrianFromWA]

Fun post. This part stuck out to my (no idea why)...

The list goes on. We look for evidence that confirms our beliefs and discount evidence that discredits it (confirm-ation bias). We evaluate situations from our own perspective without considering the other side (“myside” bias). We’re influenced more by a vivid anecdote than by statistics. We are overconfident about how much we know. We think we’re above average. We’re certain that we’re not affected by biases the way others are.

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[barfo]

Fun post. This part stuck out to my (no idea why)...

It's like they studied S2.

barfo

 

[THE HCP]

I ask myself the same question every time somebody responds to one of the East Coast Prick's threads!