MOC-Cognition
Thinking tools for clear reasoning
Cognitive Biases
Systematic patterns of deviation from rationality.
Core Biases
- Anchoring Bias — Over-relying on first information
- Availability Heuristic — Judging by ease of recall
- Confirmation Bias — Seeking confirming evidence
- Hindsight Bias — “I knew it all along”
- Sunk Cost Fallacy — Continuing due to past investment
Social Biases
- Ingroup Bias — Favoring one’s own group
- Authority Bias — Trusting authority figures
- Halo Effect — Generalizing from one trait
- Fundamental Attribution Error — Attributing behavior to character
Decision Biases
- Optimism Bias — Overestimating positive outcomes
- Loss Aversion — Preferring avoiding losses to gains
- Status Quo Bias — Preferring current state
- Overconfidence Effect — Excessive confidence
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Logical Fallacies
Errors in reasoning that undermine arguments.
Relevance Fallacies
- Ad Hominem — Attack the person
- Straw Man — Misrepresent argument
- Red Herring — Irrelevant distraction
- Appeal to Authority — Irrelevant expert
- Appeal to Emotion — Emotional manipulation
Causal Fallacies
- Post Hoc — After this, therefore because
- Slippery Slope — Inevitable chain
- False Cause — Correlation = causation
Evidence Fallacies
- Cherry Picking — Selective evidence
- Hasty Generalization — Small sample
- Anecdotal Evidence — Personal story
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Mental Models
Conceptual frameworks for understanding reality.
Systems Thinking
- Feedback Loops — Circular causality
- Emergence — Whole greater than parts
- Second-Order Thinking — Consequences of consequences
Decision Making
- Inversion — Solve backwards
- Opportunity Cost — Cost of alternatives
- Expected Value — Probability × payoff
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Using These Tools
When arguing: Check for fallacies (yours and theirs)
When deciding: Watch for biases
When reasoning: Apply mental models
When learning: Notice which tools apply to current situation
Clear thinking is the foundation of the Convergence Protocol.