I can't upvote this as much as it deserves. The comments posted before this one point out the delicate issue in learning about biases in human thinking: it's a

I can't upvote this as much as it deserves. The comments posted before this one point out the delicate issue in learning about biases in human thinking: it's a lot easier to notice the other guy's biases than my own. I'm glad that quite a few Hacker News participants like to share articles about systematic flaws in human thinking. Over time, with practice, that can help us disagree http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html more constructively in comment threads here, and avoid the "worst argument in the world" http://lesswrong.com/lw/ee7/cleaning_up_the_worst_argument_essay/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/ee7/cleaning_up_the_worst_argument_e... as we argue with one another.