Cognitive Bias #2: Self-serving bias

[Knajjd]

Wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-serving_bias

My summary:
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Your self declared successes are instead most likely to be failures.
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[Newton the 2nd]

A self-serving bias is any cognitive or perceptual process that is distorted by the need to maintain and enhance self-esteem, or the tendency to perceive oneself in an overly favorable manner

Fuck psychology as a science

 

[Knajjd]

Fuck psychology as a science

No one says psychology is a hard science. It has no differential equations for a start. It does look for patterns though, many of which I've noticed when I had to talk to people about defining their bug report prior to fixing it.

Sometimes, for example, a person will report a non bug that is a just a slight variant of the last bug they reported. This is an example of priming and confirmation bias combined.

We can increase our IQ by learning about cognitive biases.

 

[Newton the 2nd]

No one says psychology is a hard science. It has no differential equations for a start. It does look for patterns though, many of which I've noticed when I had to talk to people about defining their bug report prior to fixing it.

Sometimes, for example, a person will report a non bug that is a just a slight variant of the last bug they reported. This is an example of priming and confirmation bias combined.

We can increase our IQ by learning about cognitive biases.

Yeah I think cognitive biases are important but nothing sounds more pathetic to me than psychologists talking about self esteem theyre clueless dorks