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The Bias Blind Spot: We Have Biases About Biases

When we see someone else do something, we sometimes think we could do better, and probably recognized the food taste in a more objective way. The problem is that most of us are suffering from various biases, like the common bias blind spot: We think we are less biased than others.

Another bias could be the courtesy bias, where we tell our aunt we like something she made because it’s socially polite to do so.

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