Human judgment errors are systematic and shared, not random noise

Evidence

The descriptive failure of normative principles, such as invariance and coherence, does not mean that people are unintelligent or irrational. The failure merely indicates that judgment and choice—like perception and memory—are prone to distortion and error. The significance of the results stems from the observation that the errors are common and systematic, rather than idiosyncratic or random, hence they cannot be dismissed as noise. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2524 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Networked machine learning compounds individual errors into population-level knowledge faster than humans can. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1319; Salience heuristics, not logical weight, routinely drive human judgment. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 1498; Systematic judgment errors do not make people unintelligent. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 2524 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Systematic judgment errors cannot be dismissed as mere noise #corroborates (0.97) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2524