I really liked the article/blog post "Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People"[1]. I think many people are hurt by their own knowledge of biases: they weaponize th

I really liked the article/blog post "Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People"[1]. I think many people are hurt by their own knowledge of biases: they weaponize this knowledge in arguments, to try and discredit others, rather than using it to reach better conclusions themselves. If you get the former without the latter, all that means is you're better at defending the positions you happened to reach: you're just as likely to reach wrong conclusions, but are now less likely to correct them. You shot yourself in the foot. Unfortunately, it's a lot easier to spot biases in other people's arguments that you disagree with, than it is in any arguments you do disagree with. If you want to get better at critical reasoning skills, I think it's a lot more productive to start with Bayes' rule. Learning 100 ways to not build a light bulb may help, but getting just 1 correct blue print would help a whole lot more. [1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/AdYdLP2sRqPMoe8fb/knowing-about-biases-can-hurt-people https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/AdYdLP2sRqPMoe8fb/knowing-ab...