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Jul 2024
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7 cognitive biases that might ruin your ...

Phill Agnew
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What do Maradona’s Hand of God and Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” have in common? Both might be due to cognitive biases. Today, on Nudge, Nuala Walsh shares seven cognitive biases that shape our decisions and might ruin my life.  


Nuala’s book: https://www.nualagwalsh.com/


Nuala’s TED talk: https://youtu.be/xLSAkVxPOk0?si=PPjFSAO7tk8VszPM


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