The virus of myside bias is spreading among cognitive elites – Interview with Keith E. Stanovich
Introduction – exploration of rational thought Keith E. Stanovich is one of the most cited contemporary psychologists. For example, his classic article from the field of developmental psychology on the „Matthew effect in education“ has been quoted more than 1,500 times in the scientific literature. – In recent times, the scientist and his team have focused on human rationality and their special role as cognitive competence in addition to intelligence. In this context, Stanovich coined the term dysrationalia to describe the tendency of individuals to think and act irrationally even though they possess sufficient intelligence. In their last…