0025 - 3 ways to be less biased in your daily life | Understanding and correcting confirmation bias

In this episode, I, Chetan Narang, walk you through the confirmation bias, which I believe is one of the most tricky cognitive biases primarily because of its ability to hide in plain sight even for the most self aware person.I talk about where we can see this bias in our day-to-day lives.I talk about some direct indicators for spotting it in our own thinking.I talk about how we can guard ourselves against it.And, I talk about why all of this is especially relevant in the modern day and age.Plus, I throw in a funny anecdote or two because, why not?<Outline>(00:00) - Intro(00:30) - What is confirmation bias?(01:46) - Some examples from our daily lives(03:48) - How to spot if your own thinking is biased(06:35) - Eliminating confirmation bias from your thinking(08:38) - Why all of this is especially important nowI’ll see you in the playground.Until next time.Peace out.--------------For the playlist of The Unlearning Playground episodes talking about various cognitive biases and logical fallacies,  check it out here - https://chetannarang.org/understanding-cognitive-biases/Check out all of my work on my website -https://chetannarang.org/For one-on-one personal sessions for philosophical mentorship, counselling & life coaching with me -https://chetannarang.org/nondual-philosophical-counselling-mentorship/Connect with me, Chetan Narang, on Instagram here -https://www.instagram.com/nrng.chetan/Checkout The Unlearning Playground YouTube channel here -https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnlearningPlayground--------------Credits for the beautiful soundtracks:"Dreamer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)"Reaching Out" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/