I would agree with you if there were no cognitive biases, but alas, there are and I think they are one of the main causes why reasoning errors happen. In fact this is why this blog exists.
When I look at my past such reasoning errors abound and they are the result of a biased human mind. According to your definition I don’t think those where “honest” mistakes, at the same time I think it is unfair to label them “dishonest”. The biases simply reflect the way human minds work.
michael vassar:
I would agree with you if there were no cognitive biases, but alas, there are and I think they are one of the main causes why reasoning errors happen. In fact this is why this blog exists.
When I look at my past such reasoning errors abound and they are the result of a biased human mind. According to your definition I don’t think those where “honest” mistakes, at the same time I think it is unfair to label them “dishonest”. The biases simply reflect the way human minds work.