Critical thinking error confession booth

[Laurens]

I work on a golf course, where the amount of reading I get to do and the time I finish is dependent upon how busy it is---which in turn is dependent upon the weather.

I find myself browsing the weather forecast, which are sometimes conflicting. I always end up believing the one that favours me i.e: rain even if every other one says it won't.

Forgive me

So I think it is healthy for us all to confess our little biases and errors in our reasoning, not only because it might help us to find clarity, but because reading other people's might make us aware of things we didn't even know we were doing.

 

[he_who_is_nobody]

I find myself browsing the weather forecast, which are sometimes conflicting. I always end up believing the one that favours me i.e: rain even if every other one says it won't.

:lol:

I do this same thing for work, depending on the day. Last summer I was working ten-hour days, eight days in a row and by the six, seventh, and eighth day, I would be looking at the weather forecast and favoring anything that would get me out of the field sooner. This summer, I was doing mostly survey work, so I would look at the weather and favor forecast that said it was going to be clear and beautiful.

 

[Inferno]

Not sure if it can be thought of as a critical thinking error, but here's mine:
Whenever I'm agitated (annoyed, angry, remembering a bad memory, that sort of thing) I rattle off random big numbers in my head. You might see me muttering 7,295,291,128 and 8,569,485,129 or some other random number. No idea why, I guess it pushes the negative thoughts out of my head. I just think it's a really strange thing...

Also, I tend to favour the number four, even though it has absolutely no relevance I'm aware of. For example, if people ask me if I want something, I'd sooner say "four of that" than "five of that" even though five might be better.

 

[DepricatedZero]

I've learned that I'm completely blind to reason where women are concerned. :facepalm: Does that count or is that normal?

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

I've learned that I'm completely blind to reason where women are concerned. :facepalm: Does that count or is that normal?

Depends on whether you're male or female.

Kindest regards,

James

 

[Inferno]

I've learned that I'm completely blind to reason where women are concerned. :facepalm: Does that count or is that normal?

In what way?

 

[DepricatedZero]

Like I spent all weekend chasing a skirt, thought things were going well

didn't hear from her yesterday, haven't heard from her yet today, and I'm going crazy thinking she's done with me and resigning myself to the fact that there was nothing there and I just read too much in to it

logically, she could be busy and it's not like she has an obligation to talk to me daily. If I hear from her before the end of the week it's not odd, right?

I don't know. I don't know and it's driving me insane.

 

[Inferno]

Like I spent all weekend chasing a skirt, thought things were going well

didn't hear from her yesterday, haven't heard from her yet today, and I'm going crazy thinking she's done with me and resigning myself to the fact that there was nothing there and I just read too much in to it

logically, she could be busy and it's not like she has an obligation to talk to me daily. If I hear from her before the end of the week it's not odd, right?

I don't know. I don't know and it's driving me insane.

That just means you're male. I know that feeling, so does every other straight guy on earth.

 

[ldmitruk]

Like I spent all weekend chasing a skirt, thought things were going well

didn't hear from her yesterday, haven't heard from her yet today, and I'm going crazy thinking she's done with me and resigning myself to the fact that there was nothing there and I just read too much in to it

logically, she could be busy and it's not like she has an obligation to talk to me daily. If I hear from her before the end of the week it's not odd, right?

I don't know. I don't know and it's driving me insane.

That just means you're male. I know that feeling, so does every other straight guy on earth.

Pretty normal. Don't forget when trying to start a relationship your logic circuits will not be working correctly at all, no matter what your gender/preferences are :lol:

 

[Gnug215]

I often find my self rationalizing things down to a conclusion that I favor, although I can clearly see, when I think critically about it, that a less favored conclusion was the right one.

Then I berate myself for it.

But then I think that this penchant that the brain has is probably what lies behind the existence of religion and many of humanty's other flaws, and then I think to myself that I'm pretty cool to have made such an awesome deduction.

But then my critical thinking comes back and tells me that it's almost certainly not that simple, and then I feel bad again...

 

[DepricatedZero]

that's a pretty vicious cycle

I just went ahead and asked her like "hey I haven't heard from you in a couple days, did I say something wrong?" she said no, she's been busy with work and her son, so that's cool. I'm happy with that answer. I don't need daily upkeep, I was just worried and starting to go nuts.

I like this lady. She's swell. She whipped out her Clash collection and my heart melted. I'm so easy...

So yea, that's probably irrational too hahaha

 

[ldmitruk]

that's a pretty vicious cycle

I just went ahead and asked her like "hey I haven't heard from you in a couple days, did I say something wrong?" she said no, she's been busy with work and her son, so that's cool. I'm happy with that answer. I don't need daily upkeep, I was just worried and starting to go nuts.

I like this lady. She's swell. She whipped out her Clash collection and my heart melted. I'm so easy...

So yea, that's probably irrational too hahaha

Nothing irrational about being melted by a Clash collection :lol:

 

[DepricatedZero]

Yea...so not another word since then. Pretty sure I'm just being blown off. So oh well. Sucks, but there I have it.

Not sure if I'm being rational or not. :lol:

but I'm going fucking insane...

 

[ldmitruk]

Yea...so not another word since then. Pretty sure I'm just being blown off. So oh well. Sucks, but there I have it.

Not sure if I'm being rational or not. :lol:

but I'm going fucking insane...

Trying to deal with creatards on League of Reason is a leading cause of insanity.

 

[Laurens]

Often critical thinking is like a horrendous war between different parts of the same brain.

I often remember Einstein's definition of insanity when doing something that is clearly ineffective; such as trying to open some packaging, not getting anywhere but still trying the same method for a few minutes expecting the results to suddenly change.

 

[Inferno]

Often critical thinking is like a horrendous war between different parts of the same brain.

I often remember Einstein's definition of insanity when doing something that is clearly ineffective; such as trying to open some packaging, not getting anywhere but still trying the same method for a few minutes expecting the results to suddenly change.

In that particular case, you could be wearing down the structural integrity of the glue...

 

[Laurens]

Often critical thinking is like a horrendous war between different parts of the same brain.

I often remember Einstein's definition of insanity when doing something that is clearly ineffective; such as trying to open some packaging, not getting anywhere but still trying the same method for a few minutes expecting the results to suddenly change.

In that particular case, you could be wearing down the structural integrity of the glue...

Fuck that, I'm getting a knife