Human minds carry epistemic-vigilance biases against being duped

Evidence

Sperber and his colleagues (2010) propose that human minds are equipped with a variety of cognitive biases that make us vigilant toward the dangers of being duped or misinformed. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 777

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Corporate epistemic authority silences the people it constructs by branding them ignorant — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 221; Everyone is cognitively susceptible to misinformation, not just outliers — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 6; Bird augury works as a randomization device countering cognitive and copying biases — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 347 (+7 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Corporate epistemic authority silences the people it constructs by branding them ignorant — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 221; Everyone is cognitively susceptible to misinformation, not just outliers — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 6; Bird augury works as a randomization device countering cognitive and copying biases — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 347 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Correct prior knowledge does not shield people from the illusory truth effect #complicates (0.78) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 68
• Expertise in one domain does not prevent stereotyped thinking in others #complicates (0.71) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1159