Reality Check: Cognitive Biases | Jake Haber

Join us for the first installment of our "Reality Check" series, as we examine the cognitive biases of the human brain and how they prevent us from experiencing true reality.

 

Quotes: 

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Reality Check - Something that clarifies or serves as a reminder of reality often by correcting a misconception

 

Joseph Roux:

"Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired."

 

Ramana Maharshi:

"Realization is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.”

 

Rumi:

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

 

Buddha:

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell." 

 

John 8:32: 

"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

 

Biases & Heuristics:

Blind Spot Bias, Naive Realism, Confirmation Bias, Egocentric Bias, Cloak of Invisibility Illusion, Barnum Effect, Negativity Bias, In-group/Out-group Bias, Fundamental Attribution Error, Self Fulfilling Prophecy, Primacy Effect, Availability Heuristic, Affect Heuristic, Halo Effect