Bryan Caplan wrote: > > People talk a lot about various irrationalities > > that they might fall into and ways they try to compensate for that. > > People talk about realizing that each person tends to think highly of > > him/herself, and trying to compensate for that. > >People "talk a lot" about this?! Maybe in a few odd sub-cultures. I >can't recall any family member every talking this way, for example. >Maybe you're meta-rational, but I can't think of anyone else who >resembles you in this way. :-) How about this example. People seem to believe that they tend "stereotype" groups of people based on small possibly non- representative sets of examples, and consciously try to overcome this tendency. Overall, I'd say they do a reasonable job of correcting for this possible cognitive bias. Robin Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hanson.gmu.edu Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030-4444 703-993-2326 FAX: 703-993-2323
