Our brains are an incredible work of evolution, capable of amazing feats that even the best computers cannot replicate.

We are not computers however. Our brains have limitations that computers do not, and we live in a world that constantly bombards us with new information.

In order to keep pace our brains have developed a series of heuristics (or shortcuts) that let us jump to correct conclusions most of the time … but not always.

Here you can learn how these mental shortcuts can lead us astray as well as the answer to the common question: what is a cognitive bias? [Read more…]