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I would argue that List of Common Misconceptions[0] belongs in any list of important or vital Wikipedia-articles. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_com

I would argue that List of Common Misconceptions[0] belongs in any list of important or vital Wikipedia-articles. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

m3at 7y ago
You're not alone in arguing for the importance of this page :) https://m.xkcd.com/843/ https://m.xkcd.com/843/
- pessimizer 7y ago
  Ugh, the world has me figured out, but at least it approves.
- ru999gol 7y ago
  obligatory link to lesswrong: https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.lesswrong.com/
po 7y ago
Second only to the List of Cognitive Biases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases really... you think you know them all but you don't. Everyone needs to understand the IKEA effect for example
- virgilp 7y ago
  The problem I have with these sort of lists is that they try to be comprehensive and add a lot of second order biases that tend to drown the basic/ fundamental ones. Take your example for IKEA effect: it is in fact a consequence of loss aversion. Once you invest emotion, time or money into something, you assign more value to it, because you do not want "lose" your initial investment.
  - andruby 7y ago
    Is that again a consequence of "sunk cost" fallacy?
- PasserBy2021 7y ago
  Keep in mind that certain biases are censored against e.g. Apex Fallacy.
  - Mathnerd314 7y ago
    The Wikipedia page on that was deleted due to a lack of reliable sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Apex_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletio...). There still seem to be no reliable sources. (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C6&q=%22apex+fallacy%22&btnG= https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C6&q=%22a...) I'll admit I don't see the point of many of the other cognitive biases, but at least they were coined or studied in some peer-reviewed papers.
pessimizer 7y ago
I can't believe there's a wikipedia page consisting solely of things that I bring up during party conversations to seem interesting. Thanks for showing me this.
lilcorey10 7y ago
I'm curious how the classes are assigned to a topic. What attributes from the knowledge model are they using to determine 'vital'? Also, who/what determines the ontological hierarchy of the classes for topics..

m3at 7y ago

You're not alone in arguing for the importance of this page :) https://m.xkcd.com/843/ https://m.xkcd.com/843/

pessimizer 7y ago
Ugh, the world has me figured out, but at least it approves.
ru999gol 7y ago
obligatory link to lesswrong: https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.lesswrong.com/

po 7y ago

Second only to the List of Cognitive Biases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases really... you think you know them all but you don't. Everyone needs to understand the IKEA effect for example

virgilp 7y ago
The problem I have with these sort of lists is that they try to be comprehensive and add a lot of second order biases that tend to drown the basic/ fundamental ones. Take your example for IKEA effect: it is in fact a consequence of loss aversion. Once you invest emotion, time or money into something, you assign more value to it, because you do not want "lose" your initial investment.
- andruby 7y ago
  Is that again a consequence of "sunk cost" fallacy?
PasserBy2021 7y ago
Keep in mind that certain biases are censored against e.g. Apex Fallacy.
- Mathnerd314 7y ago
  The Wikipedia page on that was deleted due to a lack of reliable sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Apex_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletio...). There still seem to be no reliable sources. (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C6&q=%22apex+fallacy%22&btnG= https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C6&q=%22a...) I'll admit I don't see the point of many of the other cognitive biases, but at least they were coined or studied in some peer-reviewed papers.

pessimizer 7y ago

I can't believe there's a wikipedia page consisting solely of things that I bring up during party conversations to seem interesting. Thanks for showing me this.

lilcorey10 7y ago

I'm curious how the classes are assigned to a topic. What attributes from the knowledge model are they using to determine 'vital'? Also, who/what determines the ontological hierarchy of the classes for topics..