You have a cognitive bias. Everyone does. [The Zero Dot Podcast #18]

If you are reading this with two eyes or one eye or using an audio encoder to cite the words because you are an awesome person who doesn't let anything get in the way of reading, then chances are you are a human being. Congratulations! That is incredible. To be human, is truly wonderful. At least, that's what we think here at TZDP, so I supposed you could say we are biased. Actually, we are ALL biased on this planet Earth! Sam does a breezy walkthru of biases and all the layers of obfuscation we face in trying to reach some semblance of objectivity, while offering tools to check ourselves and a heartfelt story from Sam's past illustrating the power we have in checking our own biases, especially when they might very well be holding us back from greatness. All that and more here in todays' episode!

00:00 This is the intro, as always
03:50 Silly people trying to use AI for fraud
05:55 A good guy and his tow truck
10:33 Youtube, why you gotta do us like this?
20:38 The tiger and the knife
24:20 The scones and water segment
32:00 MAIN TOPIC: How our biases can help and harm us 
01:10:10 Stories about progress and depression
01:30:42 Farewell!

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