# The mother of all biases is the bias of self-interest.

> The mother of all biases is the bias of self-interest.

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**Published on:** 2024-10-25
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Reflecting on it, making a good, accurate, and precise decision, judgment, or insight is a very difficult task that requires the following fundamental elements: Experience - Life Experience (or work experience or involvement in a certain field) A strong ethical foundation. This is crucial but rarely mentioned when discussing the components of intelligence. To put it simply, having solid ethics usually means choosing the long-term over the short-term. One tends to view things in accordance with "the way of heaven" rather than being driven by short-term, emotional human desires. There's a very telling quote: The mother of all biases is the bias of self-interest. Looking at everything through the lens of personal interest alone already distorts and skews everything. A thinking model. This also requires significant training and learning various concepts about thought processes to even be considered somewhat adequate. It's important to emphasize that training is necessary; merely reading and understanding won't cut it. A clear, alert mindset. Knowing everything and being proficient in everything is useless if you're sleepy, exhausted, drunk, or high; you won't be able to think or say anything meaningful or coherent. I'm going to sleep now. Lack of sleep makes me start talking nonsense.

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