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Among the list of "improvements" that I would choose for the human cognitive architecture, very high up would be a little extra test before any thought is commi
by nooneelse 16y ago
Among the list of "improvements" that I would choose for the human cognitive architecture, very high up would be a little extra test before any thought is committed to belief or sentence is uttered aloud. Just a little addition to the mental flowchart... "is this thought a result of the fundamental attribution error? If no, proceed. If yes, rethink." [1]
We really, really need our stories and myths to teach this out of us more as children. Maybe a little rhyme or something.
[1] "actor-observer bias" to be more accurate and general, but I like the inclusion of the term "error".
- loewenskind 16y agoWe should probably also explain our existing child hood stories a little better. For example, when I heard "the boy who cried wolf" it was basically explained as "don't waste people's time". When I tell it to my kids I use it to explain credibility and how people react to it, and as an example of a logical fallacy (just because the boy was a liar doesn't mean what he says is always a lie).