Bias Quote by Anonymous

The great obstacle to progress is prejudice

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Cognitive biases worked well when rapid pattern recognition and decision making was critical for survival,”

— Richard A. Clarke

“Every single human being is neurologically predisposed to be biased in various walks of life. It is biologically impossible to be absolutely free from…

— Abhijit Naskar

Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind.

— Joseph Addison

“One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Not only are we subject to cognitive biases, we also frequently seek out things that reinforce them. We interpret facts through the prism of…

— Jean Tirole

“I have great respect for the corrosive influence of bias, systematic distortions of thought, the power of rationalization, the guises of self-interest, and the…

— Michael Crichton

“One of the causes of status quo bias is a lack of attention. Many people adopt what we will call the “yeah, whatever” heuristic.”

— Richard H. Thaler

Of course the self-serving bias is something you want to get out of yourself. Thinking that what's good for you is good for the…

— Charlie Munger

“It's easy to let your biases—political, intellectual, or otherwise—color your view of the world. A growing body of research suggests that even the smartest…

— Steven D. Levitt

“The more effort we put into something, the more likely we are to value it. We are more likely to be consistent with our…

— Nir Eyal

Collective judgment of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free to back their own…

— W. Arthur Lewis