Cognitive Bias

Cognitive Bias When I think of cognitive bias, I think about people making assumptions about others base on either what they have heard from other people or something they have experienced themselves. In order to figure out what biases I have I had to ask my wife. After some discussion we came to the conclusion that I have a couple of biases. The two that we came up with can be very controversial, religion and race. I wouldn’t say that I’m a religious freak or that I’m racist, I just have my own views and feelings about things. My wife and I are not religious, at all. We don’t attend church, pray or do confessionals. With that said we allow our children to draw their own conclusions. They have been to different churches for different religions. If they choose down the road they want to become Christian or Buddhist or whatever the case may be, so be it. My wife says that I get irritable or uncomfortable when we are with people who stop to pray before we eat or things like that. For example, A few weeks ago I was at football practice with my son and daughter and one of the coaches had invited a couple of guys to come and speak to our team. These gentlemen were from a Christian sports team and were talking to the kids about sports and Christianity. As these gentlemen spoke my children gave me looks like, what is this guy talking about? These guy’s told a team of football players that if they didn’t have god in their hearts that they were going to hell. Not only did they say they were going to hell but they also said that “I’m not saying this is gonna happen, but if you were driving home today and got in an accident and don’t have god in your heart you could go to hell.” Had I not been there and my children came home to tell me this, I would have been irate. The coach that invited the gentlemen was fired for not getting approval from the school. I don’t have a problem with people having their own opinions as long as they keep them to themselves. To me