How Often Our Brain Is Playing Tricks On Us?

 

HOW OFTEN OUR BRAIN IS PLAYING TRICKS ON US?  Probably, most of the time, we get tricked as we are NOT aware OR conscious about it.  BUT YES, it does happen [even multiple times each day].  To piggy-back on the technical and functional definitions about our brain, as it is only a three-pound tissue, YET it is the 'control center' of our body, capable to be managing everything from memory to the moment.  BUT we are cautioned here that our mind is NEVER perfect as at times, it forgets some essential details📗📙📘

How often do these misses happen?  LIKE we miss out our friend's birthday, our dentist appointment, OR our client meeting [thanks to the Calendaring tools that gets partially addressed], BUT surprisingly, it also often fails to notice things in our surroundings, leading us to commit mistakes that would hurt us OR make us sick. WHAT it means is that our mind does NOT really depict reality as it is and usually takes shortcuts to ease its workload.  BUT WHAT's true is that those brain tricks are annoying.  From subtle cognitive biases to perceptual illusions, our minds often deceive us without realizing it❎❎❎

Those hidden biases are the very triggers of a hell lot of theseHeard of that 'HALO EFFECT'?  WHERE one might automatically assume that a new coworker must possess high moral integrity?  Then there's that hindsight bias WHEN from time to time, we would blurt out LIKE 'I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT THAT WE WILL LOSE' after suffering a defeat in a competitive sports event despite lacking foresight into the game's outcome.  Another bias that clouds us is our 'attributional' bias which causes that unfair coloring of our judgment of others.  LIKE WHEN we walk into that Starbucks cafe and the barista errs, leading us to hastily label them as incompetent OR indifferent, disregarding the probability that they may have been overwhelmed by the sheer volume of tasks at hand💥💥💥

And NOT to forget the confirmation bias, WHICH prompts us to 'cherry-pick' OR actively seeking information that aligns with our existing beliefs WHILE dismissing conflicting evidences at hand.  BUT it is detestable WHEN our mind tends to play that 'BLAME GAME' LIKE WHEN adversity strikes, our brain instinctively seeks a scapegoat to shoulder the blame.  Essentially, we end up engaging in that 'quiet dance of distortion', twisting reality to shield our self-esteem from failure😡😡😡

Our takeaway:  WHAT perplexes me though is the mystery as to WHY we play that 'blame game'?  Researchers suggest that many of our attributional biases serve as our 'psychological armor', shielding us from that crippling fear of failure as we tend to safeguard our self-worth by attributing mishaps to external factors beyond our control.  Conversely, WHEN it comes to our triumphs, we readily credit our traits, skills and efforts and WHILE there may be truth to these attributions, it is essential to acknowledge for us to figure out towards increasing our own awareness so that we become more incisive and conscious IF and WHEN OUR BRAIN IS PLAYING TRICKS ON US???