graphics: 7 biases

An Instagram account ("Reality glitches") posted some useful graphics to depict some common thinking errors.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DL-RwL4JaGf/?img_index=1 

Your brain isn’t designed to find the truth. It’s designed to keep you alive.

That means shortcuts. Mental hacks. Biases. They helped your ancestors survive — spotting danger, making snap decisions.

But today?

These same biases hijack your logic. They warp your sense of risk, twist your judgments, and feed your overconfidence.

⚖️ The first step to beating them?

Realizing they’re there.

Sources: Daniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky (1974), Thinking, Fast and Slow, Cognitive Bias Codex, behavioral economics studies.

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