[ExI] cog bias again

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 25 15:11:00 UTC 2020


I don't see anything new in the link Spike sent about cognitive biases.
Whether their application to evolutionary issues is valid I am not
qualified to say.  But 'first impressions are lasting' is very old hat.
bill w

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 11:18 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:59 AM spike jones via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> > From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf
> Of Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat
> > Subject: Re: [ExI] cog bias again
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 11:41 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> > > This is a good non-technical article on cognitive bias.  It isn’t my
> area of expertise, but it has the ring of truth.  Perhaps BillW or one of
> the other psych hipsters will comment:
> > >
> > > https://www.maa.org/math-competitions/amc-8
> >
> > >...Are you certain you posted the correct link?
> >
> > Oops.  I am certain I posted the incorrect link.  Here's the right one,
> thanks Dan:
>
> Glad to be of service!
>
> >
> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-minds
>
> Thanks! I'll have to read it later, though a quick skim makes me feel
> it's covering old ground about cognitive biases.
>
> Also, reminded me of Tyler Cowen's recent piece on QAnon:
>
>
> https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-19/what-does-qanon-stand-for-america-needs-a-better-answer
>
> > Note on the other: I am trying to scrape up an AMC8 team at the local
> middle school, which is why that was in the memory buffer.
>
> I figured as much. Hope it works out!
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
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