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Question the shortcut behind a judgment
Four distinctions for examining outcomes, familiar choices, object uses and memorable examples.
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4 concepts
4 ideas
Concept
Outcome bias
A lucky result can make a poor decision look much smarter than it was.
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The current option gets home-field advantage.
Read the idea ConceptFunctional fixedness
A familiar label can hide a useful property.
Read the idea ConceptAvailability heuristic
What comes to mind first is not always what happens most.
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