https://code.kiwi.com/tag/psychology/Recent content in Psychology on code.kiwi.comHugoenWed, 15 Mar 2023 22:17:33 +0000https://code.kiwi.com/articles/why-we-cant-estimate-or-let-go/Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:15:00 +0000https://code.kiwi.com/articles/why-we-cant-estimate-or-let-go/<p>Until the early ’70s, we took our brains to be infallible tools for making the most rational decisions in any given situation. Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman discovered that this might not be the case. In their studies they presented our brains in an entirely different light, showing a variety of flaws and faulty mechanisms when it comes to rational thinking. These are what we call <em>cognitive biases</em>. And there are <a href="https://betterhumans.coach.me/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18">tons of them</a>.</p>