Question: What is important to know about cognitive errors . All biases, prejudices, disproportionate fears, irrational expectations, etc. are cognitive errors . Children display much more

What is important to know about cognitive errors.

All biases, prejudices, disproportionate fears, irrational expectations, etc. are cognitive errors. Children display much more of such errors and are less aware of them than adults, although adults also lack insight into such errors, mostly (that is, their own errors because we can often spot such issues in other people). In any case, most of us, as we grow up, start to discover/catch our cognitive errors and, in many cases, correct them to various degrees. Magical thinking, fallacies, self-fulfilling prophecies, 'Irrational Beliefs' (as well as irrational beliefs), religious and political extremism, sexism, ageism,racism (and other biases, including -- very importantly -- confirmation bias), anger, hatred, dread, panic, extreme suspicion, extreme greed, conspiracy theories, etc. are all cognitive errors. Even simple mistakes in logic (even without biases or emotions) are cognitive errors.

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