This is super important information to remember for scientists and non scientists. Everything you mention here can be applied to our daily lives.

I wonder how many people watching this are saying to themselves: "yeah, those 'other' guys should change their viewpoint because mine is correct." When instead they should be saying: "Let me start with a clean slate on topic X, and look at the evidence and data with new eyes."

For reference: 0:45 Definition of Cognitive Bias 2:25 Ex: Attentional Bias 4:40 Ex: Loss Aversion Bias 4:15 Ex: Social Reinforcement Bias 4:55 Ex: Shared Information Bias

The most important topic facing humanity today.

Right on! I am sending to my daughter who is applying to grad school.

Truth starts with accepting that it may not be politically or even personally accommodating.

forget scientists, this needs to be taught in SCHOOLS!!!!

Watching you think is my favorite thing to do on the Internet.. Thank you, Sabine.

Sabine is a warrior of clarity and honesty.

Yeah but turn her upside down and she's got a lambda around her neck

Thank you Sabine, your videos are all very interesting, but this one in particular to me, because as a recently graduated PhD student, I have already been always discouraged to change topic (although I partially managed to do it) or to follow some new ideas because they were "exotic" or "too strange"... I feel this is a real problem in today's scientific research!

Outstanding. Sabine is the best thing to happen to science in decades.

So important! What a rigorous and intelligent breakdown. Your voice of reason is refreshing and I hope you'll be heard more.

Thank you Sabine for taking your wisdom to the masses. You are always engaging.

Thank you so much, I always struggled explaining what a cognitive bias is and how it works, after watching your video I feel empowered to explain this to my family and friends! Love your videos, you're contributing more than it may seem. Videos like these shaped my life and career decisions. Keep up the amazing work!

Wonderful Sabine!

Wow! i've been watching your video's for about 3 months.. The depth of your videos is so thick that i usually only watch one a week and try to digest what it is your presenting .. even watching the same video many times .. how ironic and so important that you tackle this problem

This is, by far, the most interesting of your videos I have watched. This topic applies to almost all aspects of life. Thank you, Sabine.

Cristal clear, brilliant delivery on the topic that is relevant to both contemporary science and beyond - to political/economic systems. Gratitude, Sabine!

Thank you Sabine. Another excellent video, and if I may say an excellent delivery.

I see so many examples of what you describe in society today. Of special note is when the media encourages group-think using attentional bias as a tool.

Great video, and yes, VERY important - in regular, everyday life, too!

Very enlightening video Sabine! Excellent work.

What's that old bromide in academia? "Science advances one funeral at a time."

Thank you Sabine, for creating this gem.

I am not from the science community, but I can relate this video with almost every hot topic trending around me. Especially, about group thinking, I was aware that it is the main source of comfort amongst common people, and now I know that it can hurt our scientific progress as well. Thanks for the video!

Need reminding this quite regularly and widely.

Such a gem this channel is

Spectacular video Sabine 👏👏👏

Thanks! This is a great post. Talking about cognitive bias in science without giving fodder to the widespread anti-science sentiments is a delicate balance. You navigated this very well.

I've had a personal interest in cognitive biases for a while. More like a hobby that arose from leading engineering and quality assurance groups. I'd like to refer people to the Wikipedia listing "List of cognitive biases". It's amazing how many different kinds there are.

Very thoughtful (and timely) segment... thank you!

Excellent topic. Keep fighting the good fight Sabine.

Excellent explanation 👍

Most excellent. It's such a pleasure to listen to this lady speak.

Thank you. Detected a note of personal sadness in there. Huge respect to your work.

The most useful science related video I watched on youtube in 2019. Unfortunately, youtube allows clicking thumbs up only once per video.

That was an amazing video, Thanks Sabine.

Very thought provoking!

Well stated, Sabine !

Good points to remember. Thanks Sabine.

Very Very Good 👍 Information Sabine!

Great info. Btw, almost 50k subscriptions. Well deserved.

I just love this channel. Good, unbiased information is hard to come by. Thank you so much!

Sean Carroll talked about you on his last podcast, you are getting more and more famous! thats shows your firm positions and courage will prevail after all! Keep the good work fraulein Sabine!

This is weird, I've read 2 out of 3 of the books in the beginning of the video, I quite often think about cognitive biases but it all goes out of the window when you get me on to politics. That's not the only subject i get caught up in cognitive biases but it stands out for me. I'm not one to comment on videos but this is good. The only problem is that I can listen to this kinds stuff all day but when i get out into the real world I fall back on confirmation bias, group think, strawman fallacy, etc. Thanks Sabine, you make me think and not trust my intuition. Keep making the challenging videos, your fantastic.

I've known this for quite a while now. There was once a great scientist, I can't remember his name right now, but he taught me to be sceptical about everything. In fact he taught me the word "Skeptical".

A very important point that should be kept in mind by all of us especially in an argument or debate.

keep enlightening, Sabine. thanks.

Thank you! A very important topic for scientists but also everyone!! This should be talked and discussed early in life!

Content like this is a reason I unhesitatingly recommend your videos to my amateur science friends and readers. Thanks, Sabine!

I'm likely to watch this video many times. I will also follow the link you included above to your blog. So thank you for helping me to help myself on this topic. Finally, congratulations on crossing the 50K subscriber count before the end of the year!

I really appreciate this persons work.

Well articulated. Thanks for sharing this!

Important! Well done!

Brilliant as always and a problem that goes way beyond science.

Excellent video! I’ve encountered cognitive bias (and engaged in this at times) in all areas of life. If we understand this behavior better, we become better equipped to tackle challenges effectively. Thank you for all that you do, Sabine! I hope you get 10 million subscribers!

#Sabine, this subject matter is one of your best. I complete agree with you. Thank you for your work on this video.

Excellent analysis!

that's the most important topic to prevent dogmatism in science in my opinion. Thank's for another great and free video!

Nice summary.

This can apply to so many things in science currently. Medicine, climate, any research topic really. It really can apply to anything in the world or anybody on a personal level. Thank you so much for mentioning group think unfortunately it seems as though that has been on the rise in its quite tightening. I love this video

Scientists should encourage, and accept, criticism and differing opinions . Very well presented video.

I take great inspiration from these videos. Thank you for speaking about these important topics in such a straight forward manner.

Humility and honesty is necessary in order to find the truth, scientific or otherwise.

Very good summary. Thank you,

This is one of the best presentations by Sabine or any other scientist or 'scientist' I've heard since James Tour's lectures on OoL (Origin of Life) research. Both are a must listen with serious contemplation of what is being said.

Nice piece. Visually, too.

Excellent video. In my opinion, this subject is at the base of many issues facing humanity. Thank you.

Outstanding. This critical topic used to be taught and reinforced by many, if not all, science faculties yet, only a few months ago, I heard a senior researcher speaking at a symposium list the concept of consensus as one of the key validations for their thesis (not climate related by the way).

It is a encouragement, to me to see that you are a encouraging person thanks for the video appreciate it.

Bravo! Case in point: Hollywood. There are few movies made that have any real content. The good screenwriters were lost when they went on strike and were all fired. As a result we get reality shows and remakes of old successful stories recast for an audience that is unaware of the source of the script. Coupled with the groupthink that Hollywood and California should be telling us what to think and what the future should be, we are paralyzed and heading for the bottom. Many thanks to you and to your team for the outstanding content and presentations. You are a breath of fresh air and inspiration. See you next week. ❤️

Fantastic information - hope I am not biased though! :) (Kidding - really informative, succinct and lucid expose.)

I think it's important to apply a humility to one's work - as pride can often block an ability to accept a bias has occurred.

This is a very good speech, but mostly a (very relevant) critic of the research system rather than of cognitive biases.

This report is an eye-opener for many.

Subscribed. Your videos are clear, honest, short and to the point. Love the format. Pls keep going.

Simply wonderful.

Another good book on this subject is ‘The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behaviour. I’m glad you covered this topic.

So much science fits what you say. 'Transitioning' hormones and surgery, food science, studying genetics in autism syndrome, doing no work on grassroots studies of Parkinson's, on and on and on.

Thank you! Fantastic video

That's excellent video! Really underrated topic. I guess that not everybody's comfortable with discussing. Also one of the reasons I liked Neil deGrasse Tyson's masterclass is that he focused really on the biases in science.

everyone needs to see this.

Sabine, I love how well you put "cognitive bias", into perspective. No wonder we cant solve many of the problems facing the world. thank you, Sabine, your like a precious gem amongst rock...always enjoy learning how to think, peace!

Excellent points!

This is a very important topic, and Sabine's contributions toward encouraging a more critical attitude within science itself are most welcome. Along similar lines, I would urge Sabine and others to have a look at the long-neglected critical work of Dewey B. Larson, notably his 1961 memorandum "Just How Much Do We Really _Know_ ?" and his 1963 book _The Case Against the Nuclear Atom_ .These can be considered independently of any evaluation of Larson's own positive proposals (incidentally, a much more ambitious and non-trivial task - as recognized by such scientists as the late Felix Schmeidler of the Munich Astronomical Observatory). In addition to its remarkable insights regarding foundations of the nuclear theory (which even up to today have _never_ been critically examined by the scientific profession at large) one of the concluding chapters of the latter book contains specific policy recommendations for making science function more much more optimally. Larson's memorandum is here: philpapers.org/rec/LARJHM-3

thanks a lot for this video .

You can not avoid it. But a clever "Thought Experiment ", can help resolve some of the issues. Thanks, Sabine!

All I need to do is to try to remember that I am not as smart as I think I am and there are vast numbers of people who are much smarter than I am and they are far more knowledgeable. Always back check your assumptions and regularly check your biases. Sabine, you are a gem. That's my bias.

It is important in many different walks of life to be aware of this cognitive bias. Thankfully it is now openly discussed under non technical skills for surgeons in general.

This is such an important video

Great video.

Man I love your videos

An excellent discussion. It of course not only applies to scientists but to all of us, as we seem to be slipping into a world where one’s opinion can be taken as a fact on any matter. Billy

Thank You so much! 🖖🏻

This is awesome for my Philosophy of Science class.

Of course, we should mention that science already does quite a bit to combat cognitive biases. In fact, you might say that is the whole point of the scientific method - finding ways to combat cognitive biases. The important thing here is, I think, to see the scientific method not as a long-ago established set of rules on how to do science, but as an ongoing project to find out how to do science.

I love how Sabine succeeds in making us feeling unconforable and still making very much sense.

It's uncanny how closely these biases describe the interaction and dynamic of activists inside the twitter bubble/echo chamber.

Thanks ma'am!