Thursday, September 29, 2016

Helping You Sort Through the BS


In the roiling wake of the first Clinton-Trump debate and as we move into the end game of the 2016 Presidential scrum, I thought it was time to dig out a few useful charts to help you think properly amid the outright lies, distortions, spin, and general BS ... these are complex charts, so click 'em to embiggen them for easier reading.

First, here is a guide to 20 cognitive biases to which we are all subject, which will hopelessly screw up your ability to make rational decisions ...


This chart is much more detailed and does not include the level of explanation of the previous chart, but it has plenty of information to steer you in your search for more understanding. If you can't read the attached image, click here to go to the source ...


Don't want to go to that much trouble and thought? Just remember this ...


Don't thank me. Use them.

Have a good day. Come back tomorrow for September's last collection of Great Moments in Editing and Signage. More thoughts then. 

Bilbo

3 comments:

Mike said...

I hope there's not a test on these tomorrow.

allenwoodhaven said...

That's a lot of information! It makes sense to me or is that my bias showing?

Duckbutt said...

A complete set of cognitive biases for all seasons.