The Tuttle Twins Guide to Beware Your Bias (Connor Boyack)

The Tuttle Twins Guide to Beware Your Bias

We all have them. And we know everyone else does, too. But we avoid thinking about them, even though they affect our thinking deeply. What are they?

They are cognitive biases, and they lead our mind to do things that might not be in our best interest. We are all prone to being affected by them, yet hardly anyone takes the time to learn about them—and how to make sure they don’t have as great an impact on us.

That’s where this guidebook comes in, helping teens and adults learn about each bias so that we can make a concerted effort to not fall prey to their powers. Armed with this information, we can think more clearly, better understand ourselves and others, and make good decisions to benefit our lives.

This is powerful information precisely because so few people seek it. Those who read this book will have an advantage over others who are mentally manipulated without knowing it.

Contents – List of the Biases

1. Anchoring
2. Sunk Cost
3. Availability Heuristic
4. Curse of Knowledge
5. Confirmation Bias
6. Dunning-Kruger Effect
7. Belief Bias
8. Self-Serving Bias
9. Backfire Effect
10. Barnum Effect
11. Groupthink
12. Negativity Bias
13. Declinism
14. Framing Effect
15. Attribution Error
16. Halo Effect
17. Optimism Bias
18. Just-World Hypothesis
19. In-Group Bias
20. Placebo Effect
21. Bystander Effect
22. Reactance
23. Spotlight Effect

About the Author

Connor Boyack is president of Libertas Institute, a free market think tank. In that capacity, he has spearheaded a number of successful policy reforms in areas such as education reform, civil liberties, government transparency, business deregulation, personal freedom, and more.

Connor has published 22 books and sold over 1.5 million copies. His The Tuttle Twins series for children introduces young readers to economic, political, and civic principles.

Illustrated by Elijah Stanfield