Knowing basic probability and being able to solve equations on paper is very different than combating your own mental biases.
How much of the people who pretend to believe in “shut the fuck up and calculate” really follow that advice when it comes to dating?
To link to a xkcd comic that shows how someone who “shuts the fuck up and calculate” would behave: http://xkcd.com/701/
Knowing basic probability and being able to solve equations on paper is very different than combating your own mental biases.
How much of the people who pretend to believe in “shut the fuck up and calculate” really follow that advice when it comes to dating? To link to a xkcd comic that shows how someone who “shuts the fuck up and calculate” would behave: http://xkcd.com/701/