Relevant - Cognitive biases screw up decisions.

[TheDudeAbides]

http://uk.businessinsider.com/cognitive ... ?op=1?r=US

It's probably well known by some.
It should be understood by everyone.

[TheDudeAbides]

For instance, here is one possible reason we should lynch lurkers, but find it so g_d damned difficult:

"Zero-risk bias

Sociologists have found that we love certainty — even if its counter productive. Thus the zero-risk bias.

'Zero-risk bias occurs because individuals worry about risk, and eliminating it entirely means that there is no chance of harm being caused," says decision science blogger Steve Spaulding. "What is economically efficient and possibly more relevant, however, is not bringing risk from 1% to 0%, but from 50% to 5%.'"

[Psyche]

I mean
you should probably just link the wikipedia page

[mykonian]

the best thing about this thread is that the title starts with: "relevant".

The longer I think about it the more hilarious the title becomes.

[Psyche]

that mindset is why everything is basically the same as it was last tuesday