Curiosity tendency

What it is

Munger counts curiosity among the helpful tendencies: when cultivated, it counters other biases by driving us to learn what is true.

Related

• Confirmation bias bias
  Curiosity pulls us toward information that may challenge us, while confirmation bias pushes us away from it.
• Use-it-or-lose-it tendency bias
  Curiosity drives the practice that keeps skills and models fresh.

Appears in

• Munger's 25 standard causes of human misjudgment#6: Curiosity tendency

References

• Wikipedia: Curiosity tendency en.wikipedia.org
• Munger's 25 standard causes of human misjudgment fs.blog
• Wikipedia: List of cognitive biases en.wikipedia.org
• Wikipedia: Cognitive bias codex en.wikipedia.org

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