Summary of Woo-kyoung Ahn's Thinking 101

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#1 There’s a common misconception that we are immune to the not me bias. In reality, we all fall prey to this bias.

#2 The illusion of fluency is a common misconception that we are immune to the not me bias. In reality, we all fall prey to this bias.

#3 The illusion of fluency is a common misconception that we are immune to the not me bias. In reality, we all fall prey to this bias.

#4 The illusion of fluency is a common misconception that we are immune to the not me bias. In reality, we all fall prey to this bias.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350029819

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I have taught the overconfidence bias to my undergraduate class. I always make students experience the biases for themselves, so that they do not fall prey to the not me bias. The students laugh hysterically when they see how wrong their assumptions about the video are.

#2

The illusion of fluency can occur when we are learning new skills. When we see final products that look fluent, masterful, or just perfectly normal, we make the mistake of believing the process that led to those results was fluent, smooth, and easy.

#3

The fluency illusion is not limited to skills like dancing, singing, or giving talks. It also applies to knowledge. When we can picture the underlying mechanism behind an outcome, we are more willing to jump to a causal conclusion.

#4

The illusion of knowledge can explain why some conspiracy theories are so persistent. The theory that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated John F. Kennedy because he was a CIA agent may seem far-fetched, but when an additional explanation is added that the CIA was concerned about the way President Trump was handling communism, it sounds more plausible.

#5

A third type of fluency effect is the most irrational of them all. It is the perception of fluency in irrelevant matters that causes us to make judgments that are completely unrelated to the matters themselves.

#6

When participants were asked unrelated questions, such as Why are there leap years. and Why does the moon have phases. those who used the internet in the