Cognitive bias

News illusion

Also known as: Information diet

Fairly common#79 of 131 by how common ← All cognitive biases

What it is

Consuming the news as if it made us better informed, when most of it is irrelevant, sensational, fleeting and crowds out deeper understanding.

Example Following every headline and still unable to explain how the thing works.

Related

Appears in

The 99 thinking errors in Rolf Dobelli's The Art of Thinking Clearly#99: News illusion

References

Wikipedia: News illusion en.wikipedia.org
The 99 thinking errors in Rolf Dobelli's The Art of Thinking Clearly en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia: List of cognitive biases en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia: Cognitive bias codex en.wikipedia.org

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