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Confident Enough To Overcome Bias?
4 Aug 2020

Confident Enough To Overcome Bias?

by dfurtwengler | posted in: Confidence, counterintuitive thinking | 0

I almost fell into the bias trap. As my confidence has grown, I’ve learned to critically challenge my own thinking. In this instance, it prevented me from allowing a personal bias from sending an erroneous message. Background A friend, who … Continued

bias, confidence, examining bias, overcoming bias
Cause/Effect’s Impact on Confidence?
24 Apr 2018

Cause/Effect’s Impact on Confidence?

by dfurtwengler | posted in: Confidence, counterintuitive thinking | 0

Sometimes the universe repeats its message until I finally get it…that’s the case with cause and effect relationships? Years ago I read a book entitled Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky in which he said: “…judgment must be made in … Continued

bias, bias blindness, cause and effect, confidence
Ignorance: comfortable, not blissful
27 Mar 2018

Ignorance: comfortable, not blissful

by dfurtwengler | posted in: Confidence, counterintuitive thinking | 0

An old adage that says ignorance is bliss. Nassim Taleb, in his book Fooled by Randomness, suggests that it is important that we accept “the lack of certainty in our knowledge” and that we develop methods for dealing with our … Continued

bias, bliss, fooled by randomness, ignorance, Nassim Taleb, Taleb
Bias: Natural, yet unhealthy
28 Dec 2017

Bias: Natural, yet unhealthy

by dfurtwengler | posted in: Confidence, counterintuitive thinking | 0

President Trump’s frequent accusations of “fake news” and journalists admonishments that we, consumers of news, don’t employ enough variety in our news sources are both examples of bias…beliefs firmly held, but slanted. While we bemoan the bias others exhibit, we … Continued

bias, critical thinking, news media, Trump

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