They speed up processing in the brain, but sometimes make you think so fast you miss what is important.” “Heuristics are mental shortcuts you use to solve common problems.“Cognitive biases are predictable patterns of thought and behavior that lead you to draw incorrect conclusions.”.“You are naturally hindered into thinking in certain ways and not others, and the world around you is the product of dealing with these biases, not overcoming them.”.“From the greatest scientist to the most humble artisan, every brain within every body is infested with preconceived notions and patterns of thought that lead it astray without the brain knowing it.”.“There is a growing body of work coming out of psychology and cognitive science that says you have no clue why you act the way you do, choose the things you choose or think the thoughts you think.”.Logical fallacies are like maths problems involving language, in which you skip a step or get turned around without realizing it.Heuristics are mental shortcuts we use to solve common problems.Cognitive biases are predictable patterns of thought and behavior that lead us to draw incorrect conclusions.We narratives to explain why we do what we do.We think we know how the world works, but we really don’t.We can better deal with these biases once we understand them.Our errors in thinking are caused by cognitive biases, heuristics, and logical fallacies.We have no clue why you act the way we do, choose the things we choose or think the thoughts we think.

You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney