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Cognitive biases (how our brain plays tricks on us) - Coggle Diagram
Cognitive biases (how our brain plays tricks on us)
being right | wrong
I'm positive
to get the wrong end of the stick
jackpot
be (way) off the mark
be in the wrong
be wide of the mark
clever clog
smarty-pants
on the spur of the moment
in the heat of the moment
erroneous belief
butt in / jump in
be on the sideline
be constrained by sth/sb
perish as a species
irreducible details
project otur mindset/assumptionsonto (the pasTt)
it's all self-reinforcing
get a tiny sliver of teh world's information
there are duplicates aplenty
pick out a few standout items..and discard the rest
sparse data
make split-second decisions
gice your brain sth to chew on
be a bit of a tangled mess
bias blind spot
inject a detail into our memory
ambiguous opinion
sth comforts /cobnradicts your beliefs
being mislead by sth/sb
be duped into sth
be an innocent dupe
fall for sth hook, line and sinker
to get sb under the ether
fall prey / victime to
be lulled into sth
fall under the sway of sth
steer sb in the wrong direction
be enticed / lured
pull the strings
our brain is (hard)wired to do sth
entrenched stereotypes
All humans are hard-wired for language.
to assume - to make assumptions
be wearing blinders / blinkers
be twisted around sb's little finder
believing in sth (no matter whether it's true or not)
fall for sth
be in / out of the mainstream
buy into sth
go with the flow
follow herd mentality
hypocritical / hypocrisy
wear blinders
have a hunch
trade-off for sth
drowed in information overload
reinforce an idea /opinion
do sth willy-nilly / scattered willi-nilly
connect the dots
jump to conclusions
built-in assumptions
distorting some words / facts / opinions
undermine sth
skewed facts / perception
slanted media
shaft sb
to coax sb into doing sth
get your claws into sb
suppress sb's passions / enthusiasm
a gimmick
narrow-minded people
biased opinion
be predisposed
misconception
one-sided view
discover / use falsehoods (/formal/ lying)