I started to read TFaS awhile back and quickly got bored of it, because the conclusion was very obvious and needed no more explanation beyond the $1.10 example provided early on.
It became quite obvious that it's hopelessly impossible to eliminate the myriad of nearly infinite biases we all have - something that has been separately established by my own beliefs anyway (Jeremiah 17:9). Not to mention there's a far easier way to limit bias in decision making: Ask a few others for feedback (Proverbs 15:22).
What I find funny is that there is supposedly a "comprehensive" list of "20 Cognitive Biases", as if that somehow covers 90% of one's regular biases in decision making. Everyone is biased in tens of thousands of particular ways simply based on the seemingly infinite different combinations of limited life experiences we have -- and many of those biases are unconscious, unintended, and so subtle that they simply evade detection unless there was another to point them out.
That's why I think it's better to live with bias, which is to say that I ask myself if I'm making a decision that is biased toward love, grace, and kindness. Use your precious "system 2" energy to bias yourself toward those things. It's the same as recognizing counterfeit currency - a man doesn't study the infinite possible counterfeits, he studies every detail of the authentic bill. And through that training to bias himself toward what is genuine, he gains the ability to immediately recognize the counterfeits.
It became quite obvious that it's hopelessly impossible to eliminate the myriad of nearly infinite biases we all have - something that has been separately established by my own beliefs anyway (Jeremiah 17:9). Not to mention there's a far easier way to limit bias in decision making: Ask a few others for feedback (Proverbs 15:22).
What I find funny is that there is supposedly a "comprehensive" list of "20 Cognitive Biases", as if that somehow covers 90% of one's regular biases in decision making. Everyone is biased in tens of thousands of particular ways simply based on the seemingly infinite different combinations of limited life experiences we have -- and many of those biases are unconscious, unintended, and so subtle that they simply evade detection unless there was another to point them out.
That's why I think it's better to live with bias, which is to say that I ask myself if I'm making a decision that is biased toward love, grace, and kindness. Use your precious "system 2" energy to bias yourself toward those things. It's the same as recognizing counterfeit currency - a man doesn't study the infinite possible counterfeits, he studies every detail of the authentic bill. And through that training to bias himself toward what is genuine, he gains the ability to immediately recognize the counterfeits.