People love to share stuff like the Dunning-Kruger effect. It makes them feel like one of the enlightened few to whom it doesn't apply.
You broaden your horizons by reading widely and talking to different kinds of people, not memorizing lists of cognitive biases on Wikipedia.
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The reason to read about congnitive biases is to realise that they apply to oneself & strive to correct for them. Nothing wrong with that
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That seems a lot like the overjustification effect.
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False dilemma!
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True, but knowing a concept by name helps discussing it and thinking about it. One spends less time trying to define it.
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Critical thinking, reflection and self-awareness?
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Yeah, but seeing the biases in action can definitely help you guard against them. And you have to know a pattern to recognize it.
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That list is a good thing to get to in your reading though. And something worth rereading from time to time.
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I still think there needs to be an an element of mindfulness if you want to avoid the biases.
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I was about to post the Fallacy Man cartoon then realized it was by you http://existentialcomics.com/comic/9
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