The Most Common Cognitive Bias

Why it was recommended

I would suggest this video by Veritasium, which also touches on this, at a very fundamental level

Recommendationnightcracker · Original2021-09

What it covers

A Veritasium video that runs the 2-4-8 rule-guessing puzzle on people to show how they test only examples that confirm their hypothesis. It uses this to illustrate. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Veritasium

Length

4 min 44 sec

Year

2014

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