An example of real world problems from cognitive biases:
Forensic science - Ignorance is bliss
According to Dr Rudin, the attitude that cognitive bias can somehow be willed away, by education, training or good intentions, is still pervasive.
Hat-tip to Bruce Schneier.
I wrote something about the possibility of blind expertise (potentially used to overcome such biases) a while back.
You can find a preprint version here:
https://sites.google.com/site/johndanaher84/papers-and-presentations
An example of real world problems from cognitive biases:
Forensic science - Ignorance is bliss
Hat-tip to Bruce Schneier.