A #cognitivebias is an inherent thinking ‘blind spot’ that reduces thinking accuracy and results inaccurate–and often irrational–conclusions. Much like logical fallacies, cognitive biases can be viewed as either causes or effects but can generally be reduced to broken thinking. Not all ‘broken thinking,’ blind spots, and failures of thought are labeled, of course. But some are so common that they are given names–and once named, they’re easier to identify, emphasize, analyze, and ultimately avoid.
This amazing graphic explores Wikipedia’s list of 188 cognitive biases, grouped into categories and rendered by John Manoogian III as a radial dendrogram – dive in!
As we deal with #socialmedia#confirmationbias and teaching #aritificialintelligence how to think and understand us, it’s important to take these “blind spots” into our lexicons. #wakeupimagine#innovation#humanbehaviour#humancentereddesign#designthinking