Judgement Bias Quotes

A mind that doesn't question its judgements, makes the world very small and dangerous.

Believing in Hell must distort every judgement on this life.

Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.

There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.

We tend to blame the physical media for most of our implementation difficulties; for the media are not "ours" in the way the ideas are, and our pride colors our judgement.

Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgement of his own works. On that which has cost him much labour he sets a high value, because he is unwilling to think that he has been diligent in vain: what has been produced without toilsome efforts is considered with delight as a proof of vigorous faculties and fertile invention; and the last work, whatever it be, has necessarily most of the grace of novelty.

I've been in auditions without screens, and I can assure you that I was prejudiced. I began to listen with my eyes, and there is no way that your eyes don't affect your judgement. The only true way to listen is with your ears and your heart. (p.251)

He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement.