It’s called “mental shortcuts” or whatever what “comes to mind quickly,” which is usually wrong when presented with official statistics. Positive availabilityIn general, we look at “availability bias” as disastrous to decision-making process. Literally, we can also think of positive availability bias whenever we solve certain issues, like what I’m doing with gardening. So, how do you control your availability bias? Just remember this: Whatever answer, idea or solution that immediately pops out of your mind, consider it as all wrong.

Source: Manila Times June 22, 2020 17:06 UTC