Every heuristic involves a bias when you use it in some contexts.
Yes, but does it more often yield a satisfactory solution across many contexts if yes, then I’d label it a useful heuristic and if it is often wrong I would label it a bias.
You’re not using your words as effectively as you could be. Heuristics are mental shortcuts, bias is a systematic deviation from rationality. A heuristic can’t be a bias, and a bias can’t be a heuristic. Heuristics can lead to bias. The utility of a certain heuristic might be evaluated based on an evaluation of how much computation using the heuristic saves versus how much bias using the heuristic will incur. Using a bad heuristic might cause an individual to become biased, but the heuristic itself is not a bias.
That’s like asking whether someone is a freedom fighter or a terrorist.
Every heuristic involves a bias when you use it in some contexts.
Yes, but does it more often yield a satisfactory solution across many contexts if yes, then I’d label it a useful heuristic and if it is often wrong I would label it a bias.
You’re not using your words as effectively as you could be. Heuristics are mental shortcuts, bias is a systematic deviation from rationality. A heuristic can’t be a bias, and a bias can’t be a heuristic. Heuristics can lead to bias. The utility of a certain heuristic might be evaluated based on an evaluation of how much computation using the heuristic saves versus how much bias using the heuristic will incur. Using a bad heuristic might cause an individual to become biased, but the heuristic itself is not a bias.