I’m going to be giving a lecture soon on rationality. I’m probably going to focus on human cognitive bias. Any thoughts on what I should absolutely not miss including?
Whether I do it on paper, or in speech, I now try to never mention calibration and overconfidence unless I have first talked about disconfirmation bias, motivated skepticism, sophisticated arguers, and dysrationalia in the mentally agile. First, do no harm!
I’m going to be giving a lecture soon on rationality. I’m probably going to focus on human cognitive bias. Any thoughts on what I should absolutely not miss including?
I recall “Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People”:
Thanks; that sort of thing is exactly why I asked.
Glad to be of service!
Can you give us a basic outline of what you have? Then it’s a lot easier to see if you’re missing anything.
Sure, I’ll probably post an outline once I’ve written it up. I just didn’t want to start down a path neglecting something important.