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     Oohlala Comedian Username: Oohlala Post Number: 1726 Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 107.3.138.58 Rating: N/A |
'new subject' is the key here, yes we tend to accept them at face value, however #3 differs from person to person. I don't think everyone automatically reject if they hear a contradiction.... | ||
| Vjavasi Side Hero Username: Vjavasi Post Number: 8708 Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 202.133.58.114 Rating: N/A |
this can be true on the behaviour part to some extent..but thought process do change with new experiences.....how can we explain theists becoming atheists and changes in perception on people | ||
| Nisarga Junior Artist Username: Nisarga Post Number: 398 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 123.237.220.72 Rating: N/A |
List of cognitive biases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases. lets check how many of them we have!! | ||
| Nisarga Junior Artist Username: Nisarga Post Number: 397 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 123.237.220.72 Rating: N/A |
1. Your brain uncritically accepts the first information it gets in any new subject area as correct, whether it is or not. 2. Subsequent information that is in keeping with the information already present in your brain is uncritically accepted as correct, whether it is or not. 3. A new item that is contradictory to the information present in your brain is automatically rejected as incorrect, whether it is or not. 4. Your brain considers every item that is compatible with the majority of its information in a given subject area to be correct and every item that is contradictory to its information to be incorrect. As a result, the brain has no internal way to know which items of its information are correct representations of the real world and which are not. 5. Your brain has no way to know whether or not it has all the information required to respond appropriately to a given stimulus. 6. Unless your brain has additional information to the contrary, it interprets similar items as being identical. 7. Your brain cannot measure anything directly. All measurements must be made by comparison against an appropriate standard, which is often done incorrectly. 8. Your brain continues to interpret the external world as it was when the last sensory signal about a given subject area was received. As a result, the brain is not aware that some of its formerly correct information is now incorrect. These few, seemingly innocuous shortcomings of the thinking process affect every aspect of your personal life, your relationships with others, and your happiness. This material is only a brief summary of these important errors. More information on their origin, their effects, and how to handle them is described in “Think Better, Feel Better.” (Pacifico, 1990) |
