These studies, and others, are wrong (as I explained in my post). And not randomly. They don’t reach random conclusions or make random errors. All the conclusions fit a particular agenda which has a low opinion of humans. (Low by what standard? The average man-on-the-street American Christian, for example. These studies have a significantly lower opinion of humans than our culture in general does.)
Your post only served to highlight your own misunderstanding of the topic. From this, you’ve proceeded to imply an “agenda” behind various research and conclusions that you deem faulty. To be blunt: you sound like a conspiracy theorist at this point.
Can you understand that the notion that our brains don’t work well, in some places, is itself a substantive assertion (for which you provide no argument, and for which these bad studies attempt to provide authority)?
Also, at this point it sounds like you’re throwing out all studies of cognitive bias based on your problems with one specific area.
Can you see that this claim is in the direction of thinking humans are a less awesome thing than they would otherwise be?
Having a low opinion of default human mental capabilities does not necessarily extend to having a low opinion of humans in general. Humans are not static. Having an undeservedly high opinion of default human mental capabilities is a barrier to self-improvement.
Your post only served to highlight your own misunderstanding of the topic. From this, you’ve proceeded to imply an “agenda” behind various research and conclusions that you deem faulty. To be blunt: you sound like a conspiracy theorist at this point.
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bias.
Also, at this point it sounds like you’re throwing out all studies of cognitive bias based on your problems with one specific area.
Having a low opinion of default human mental capabilities does not necessarily extend to having a low opinion of humans in general. Humans are not static. Having an undeservedly high opinion of default human mental capabilities is a barrier to self-improvement.