How to debias?
Note that You don't need to know about biases to debias!
From www.greaterwrong.com/posts/rrjCeQLopeHXicAZ6/practical-debiasing, the following appear to be powerful general techniques:
- Take the Outside view
- Think up two or so reasons why your first judgment could be wrong
- List what factors bear on whether or not something is so – basically, make sure your "why" is not unreflected
More:
Re-framing
Get specific training
It's been shown you can avoid some biases by training:
- The sunk cost fallacy (Larrick et. al. 1990)
- Judgments about sample variability (Fong et. al. 1986)
- more?
What links here
- Rationality techniques
- Reversal test
- Portal: On my mind
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(2 years ago)