(I GOT) 99 BIAS
99 Bias is a set of flash cards created in an effort to think clearly. They are designed to be a practical tool to help identify and understand common cognitive biases that affect decision-making.
Each card presents a different bias with a clear explanation and examples, making it easier to recognize these heuristics (mental shortcuts) in everyday situations. Ideal for students, professionals, or anyone looking to improve critical thinking and reduce the influence of unconscious biases. Compact and straightforward, these flash cards encourage ongoing learning and self-awareness. I’ve been adding images to some.
Been working on this for about a year
F: A picture of the ingredients of Human happiness, included in the "Hack Yo Life” box
The map to where we are now with the project
A: I checked The Art of THinking Clearly this book out at the Lake Oswego Public Library and read it twice. Later purchasing it to include in the box pictured.
C: The art book turned out to be pretty bulky and Rolf was probably right to not actually fill it with art. The book has 99 chapters, I truncated each chapter into a card, packaged it with a copy of the book and added a board. The game was pretty unplayable.
D:The BIAS cards were added as an ingredient to an idea that would package things you would need to HACK YO LIFE.
E: It included a worksheet to help organize the 168 hours in each week.
F: A picture of the ingredients of Human happiness
G: The Ingredients of human happiness in the form of a nutrition label and instructions on how to use the cards
H: All of that other stuff was confusing, so then created a version using my pen name Dr. Doctor, PHD. But that one is for jokes, and it eroded the truth in the cards, soooo got rid of all the noise and settled on this version.
“So now I know, but knowing is maybe 10% of the battle. But it feels like a lot more. Even that fallacy is hard to grasp because it also falls prey to itself. lol this game can make you feel really terrible. And later, worse. ”
The G.I. Joe Fallacy
The G.I. Joe fallacy is the idea that knowing about a bias is enough to overcome it. The term comes from the 1980s TV show G.I. Joe, which concluded each episode with the tagline “Now you know. And knowing is half the battle”. However, cognitive scientist Laurie Santos and others argue that knowing is often much less than half the battle.
some examples: Although we know that $19.99 is only a penny less than $20, we perceive it as significantly less. Even if we know that junk food is unhealthy, we may still crave it. Some biases are harder to overcome than others. Encapsulated biases are difficult to change because the emotions and representations that cause them are informationally encapsulated. Attentional biases can be overcome with awareness, but people can still fall prey to them when they are distracted or have limited attention.
