“The first impression is often the right one, especially when it’s the wrong one”
Coco Chanel
A large number of cognitive biases encourage us to continue believing what we already ‘know’… Here’s a list of some of the main ones:
Cognitive confirmation bias:
The tendency to seek out and consider only information that confirms beliefs, and to ignore or discredit information that contradicts them.
Belief bias:
Judgment on the logic of an argument is biased by belief in the truth or falsity of the conclusion. Thus, logical errors will be ignored if the conclusion corresponds to beliefs.
Representativeness bias:
A mental shortcut that consists in making a judgment based on a few elements that are not necessarily representative.
Anchoring bias:
Tendency to use information as a reference. This is generally the first piece of information acquired on the subject.
Illusion of knowledge:
Relying on erroneous beliefs to apprehend a reality and not seeking to gather other information.