{"id":319,"date":"2007-06-01T10:29:25","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T17:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/01\/friday-links-07-06-01\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:46:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:46:38","slug":"friday-links-07-06-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/01\/friday-links-07-06-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 07-06-01"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.singinst.org\/upload\/cognitive-biases.pdf\">Thinking Errors<\/a> &#8211; A good look at the psychological errors in reasoning. These biases seem to plague our thinking but can\u2019t be controlled. Here\u2019s two:<\/p>\n<p><strong> Conjunction Fallacy<\/strong> &#8211; The probability of two events happening simultaneously must be lower than each one happening on it\u2019s own. For example, if I asked you the probability of a random day being both a Tuesday AND a date in June, it would be less probable than it being either a Tuesday OR a date in June. Unfortunately our minds don\u2019t appear to be wired this way, when adding more details made people believe something was more probable, not less.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Confirmation Bias<\/strong> &#8211; Once beliefs take root, the mind tries to protect them and discredit alternatives. This goes beyond just being closed minded as this bias in thinking was demonstrated with number games where the person wouldn\u2019t have an emotional attachment to a hypothesis.<\/p>\n<p>The paper explores the subject in way more depth. One of the best things I\u2019ve read this week. Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/ben.casnocha.com\/2007\/05\/heuristics_and_.html\">Ben for pointing it out<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>From the Archives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/23\/overcoming-the-frustration-barrier\/\">Overcoming the Frustration Barrier<\/a> &#8211; I believe this was the first article I wrote, although it is third in the archives. I think I&#8217;ve come a long way as a writer since then.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Shelf<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FVagabonding-Uncommon-Guide-Long-Term-Travel%2Fdp%2F0812992180%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1180718117%26sr%3D8-1&amp;tag=scottcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Vagabonding<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Great book about world travel. 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