Study interpretation: Cognitive Sophistication Does Not Attenuate the Bias Blind Spot

[Latte]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=west stanovich meserve

Abstract
The so-called bias blind spot arises when people report that thinking biases are more prevalent in others than in themselves. Bias turns out to be relatively easy to recognize in the behaviors of others, but often difficult to detect in one's own judgments. Most previous research on the bias blind spot has focused on bias in the social domain. In 2 studies, we found replicable bias blind spots with respect to many of the classic cognitive biases studied in the heuristics and biases literature (e.g., Tversky & Kahneman, 1974). Further, we found that none of these bias blind spots were attenuated by measures of cognitive sophistication such as cognitive ability or thinking dispositions related to bias. If anything, a larger bias blind spot was associated with higher cognitive ability. Additional analyses indicated that being free of the bias blind spot does not help a person avoid the actual classic cognitive biases. We discuss these findings in terms of a generic dual-process theory of cognition. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).

How does this make you feel? D:

Are you scared?

Does this not apply to you?


Discuss as vigorously as you shave your legs every Wednesday whose date is divisible by 7 with your favorite cheese grater named Tim who is dyslexic and has a drawl but isn't from the south of USA.

 

[Minuend]

It's been a while since I gave up on pursuing absolute truths. The human mind is so feeble and easily manipulated.

And yes, I do sometimes wonder whether I am as lost of mind as the extremists I observe. Perhaps I'm the insane one.

It also means that I can't be very passionate about these subjects. What's the point? We are all just wandering in circles anyway ,_,

 

[Fukyo]

What happens when you blink?

 

[EyeSeeCold]

What happens when you blink?

If I understand the article, it's not really a problem. Like playing games or watching videos, at a certain point framerate becomes undetectable and insignificant. I've always thought our perception of reality and consciousness were more like film reels, motion pictures.

What does the article mean by "sounds reset rhythms of visual cortex " ?

 

[Da Blob]

A person's POV is framed by bias. Without bias there would be no view...

 

[Turniphead]

I voted for 3 of them.

 

[Don't mind me]

"The researchers studied a prominent brain rhythm associated with visual cortex functioning that cycles at a rate of 10 times per second (10Hz)"

That's odd. Differences between screen frame rates higher than 10Hz are most certainly noticeable, but that doesn't seem to mesh with this.

 

[Cognisant]

A person's POV is framed by bias. Without bias there would be no view...

Exactly, I'm not just biased, I'm right

 

[Hadoblado]

Sometimes I am not willing to be proven wrong in the heat of the moment, but my general disposition in life is that I am often wrong and that I should do everything in my power not to be.