Bias in Thinking

When we do not have enough data, our mind fills the gaps with imagined / assumed data. This lecture focusses on the various biases we have that create possibly incorrect data. For example, stereotyping is a bias which creates data about behaviour of people, which may not be true.

We shall also be discussing Robert Cialdini and the theory of influence, where we deliberately create bias as a means to prevent people from thinking rationally