MichaelGR comments on I'm Not Saying People Are Stupid - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 October 2009 04:23PM

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Comment author: MichaelGR 11 October 2009 05:07:05PM 3 points [-]

Most people don't know they have all these cognitive biases. Telling them that they do is a good first step toward improvement (at least in some).

Comment author: jscn 12 October 2009 04:40:52AM 1 point [-]

Huh, I thought there was a fair bit of evidence around showing that people perform basically just as badly on tests which exploit cognitive biases after being told about them as they do in a state of ignorance.

Comment author: MichaelGR 12 October 2009 04:13:32PM 2 points [-]

Indeed. That's why it is just "a first step". Telling them is not enough, but you've got to start there.