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The Four Mind Traps: Logical Fallacies, Cognitive Biases, Heuristics, and Stereotypes
Cognitive Obstacles
The Four Mind Traps are predictable thinking errors that distort judgment before reasoning even begins.
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Did most humans live in caves 30,000 years ago?
- No, but we do find lots of activity in caves!
- Known as the preservation bias, we tend to emphasize what survived, not what was.
Caveman Stereotype
Despite popular belief, we did not spend a lot of time in caves. We do find lots of artifacts in caves, and we tend focus on them too much. This is our preservation bias.
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