Welcome, future graduates of Oops! 501 , a.k.a. advanced-level Hogwarts for procrastinators and overthinkers alike. In this riveting, laughter-filled graduate course, you’ll embark on a journey through the whims of human error. Buckle up and get ready to laugh at ourselves. For the most serious students, you can include this course in your LinkedIn profile as we would like to call it, " Cognitive Biases and Decision Making ". We will or could or should, of course, cover common irrational behaviors, why they occur, and how to mitigate them. Why do we mess up? It's simple: our brains like to troll us by making us think we're smarter than we actually are. It’s like having an unruly roommate living in our heads, constantly misplacing the remote control to our rational thinking. Cognitive biases are the brain's version of practical jokes, convincing us to see patterns in butterfly wings or hear moose calls in rock music. If you've ever put your keys in the frid
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