Our mind uses mental shortcuts to make sense of the world around us and speed up decision making. While these can be helpful, they can also lead us to make biased and flawed judgments. We can’t get rid of cognitive biases completely, we can learn to understand them and notice when they may be influencing our decisions. This video covers 9 of the most common cognitive biases.

00:00 Intro
00:25 Confirmation Bias
01:22 Anchoring Bias
02:21 Attribution Bias
03:00 Halo Effect
03:47 Availability Bias
04:30 DunningKruger Effect
05:51 Ostrich Effect
06:39 Negativity Bias
07:12 Spotlight Effect

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