MrMind comments on Open thread, September 22-28, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion
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Yes, in the sense that cognitive bias are a subset of logical fallacies systematically applied by our brain. So I maybe can refine my answer: is it worth to teach about logical fallacies? Yes, especially when they become cognitive bias. A fun way to do this is Biased Pandemics.
Many cognitive biases don't have much to do with logic as humans generally don't make decisions via logic.