Beating Cognitive Biases

We discuss how you can beat cognitive bias. Learn common biases and strategies for identifying and overcoming them.

Episode 71 of the The Better Show podcast, hosted by Ian Mikutel, March Rogers, Darren Austin, titled "Beating Cognitive Biases" was published on February 4, 2019 and runs 61 minutes.

February 4, 2019 ·61m · The Better Show

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Summary

We discuss how you can beat cognitive bias. Learn common biases and strategies for identifying and overcoming them.

Episode Description

We discuss how you can beat cognitive bias. Learn common biases and strategies for identifying and overcoming them.

Show Notes

4:52— What exactly is cognitive bias, what research led to the discovery of it, and why should we pay attention to it.
7:50— The different types of cognitive bias and how they affect our decisions in everyday life.
9:18— The parallels between how we establish unconscious biases and how we form habits.
11:25— Is it even possible to remove all cognitive bias and if we could would we even want to?
12:40— The summary of different biases as categorized by Buster Benson.
19:05— The problems caused by cognitive bias, including missed details, and incorrect conclusions.
20:18— Why humans are predisposed to see faces in inanimate objects.
22:27— March quizzes Ian and Darren about some common cognitive biases.
34:14— The Ben Franklin effect and how you can use it to strengthen your relationships.
36:28— The IKEA effect and how it affects many of the products you buy.
38:30— The Google effect and what it has to do with Darren’s ability to accurately spell words.
45:33— What cognitive bias has to do with one’s base level of happiness.
47:55— Tips for making better decisions to counteract cognitive bias.
50:20— Using decision making frameworks to counteract cognitive bias.
54:40— The value of making decisions slowly.
56:00— Ian, Darren, and March each pick one of the methods discussed in the show improve their individual decision making.