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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 92

Facts are neutral

You need to avoid all the pitfalls of sloppy thinking, and that means you need to be on the lookout for them. These are the little errors that make us believe our thinking is sharper than it is. We don’t want to feel smart, we want to be smart. We want to spot the traps so we can take avoiding action before we fall into them.

I mentioned in Rule 76 that one of the big errors of thought is believing that the facts, the data, the stats are backing up your own viewpoint. This is known as confirmation bias, when you search out information that supports your argument, or interpret the facts that you’re presented with as backing you up. It’s a very comfortable thing to do – it makes you right, and saves you the effort or ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823