Hi, I’m Jess. I’ve just graduated from Oxford with a masters degree in Mathematics and Philosophy. I’m trying to decide what to do next with my life, and graduate study in cognitive science is currently top of my list. What I’m really interested in is the application of research in human rationality, decision making and its limitations to wider issues in society, public policy etc.
I’m taking some time to challenge my intuition that I want to go into research, though, as I’m slightly concerned that I’m taking the most obvious option not knowing what else to do. My methods for doing this at the moment are a) trying to think about reasons it might not be the best option (a “consider the opposite” type approach) and b) initiating conversations with as many people as possible doing things that interest me, and getting some work experience in different areas this year, to broaden my limited perspective. Any better/additional suggestions are more than welcome!
I’m about to start an internship with 80000 hours, doing a project on the role of cognitive bias in career choice. The aim is to collect together the existing research on biases and mitigation techniques and apply it in a practical and accessible way, identifying the biases that most commonly affect career choice and providing useful strategies for avoiding them. I was wondering if anyone here has a summary of the existing literature on cognitive bias mitigation, or any recommendations of particularly useful/important research? Equally if anyone has spent much time thinking about this, I’d love to hear about it.
I don’t have a full summary on-hand, but if you just want to jumpstart your own search you might want to read Lukeprogs article on efficient scholarship and look into the keyword “debiasing”.
Hi, I’m Jess. I’ve just graduated from Oxford with a masters degree in Mathematics and Philosophy. I’m trying to decide what to do next with my life, and graduate study in cognitive science is currently top of my list. What I’m really interested in is the application of research in human rationality, decision making and its limitations to wider issues in society, public policy etc.
I’m taking some time to challenge my intuition that I want to go into research, though, as I’m slightly concerned that I’m taking the most obvious option not knowing what else to do. My methods for doing this at the moment are a) trying to think about reasons it might not be the best option (a “consider the opposite” type approach) and b) initiating conversations with as many people as possible doing things that interest me, and getting some work experience in different areas this year, to broaden my limited perspective. Any better/additional suggestions are more than welcome!
I’m about to start an internship with 80000 hours, doing a project on the role of cognitive bias in career choice. The aim is to collect together the existing research on biases and mitigation techniques and apply it in a practical and accessible way, identifying the biases that most commonly affect career choice and providing useful strategies for avoiding them. I was wondering if anyone here has a summary of the existing literature on cognitive bias mitigation, or any recommendations of particularly useful/important research? Equally if anyone has spent much time thinking about this, I’d love to hear about it.
I don’t have a full summary on-hand, but if you just want to jumpstart your own search you might want to read Lukeprogs article on efficient scholarship and look into the keyword “debiasing”.