Base-Rate Neglect
Base-rate neglect happens when vivid case details overwhelm the broader background probabilities that should anchor judgment.
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Base-rate neglect happens when vivid case details overwhelm the broader background probabilities that should anchor judgment.
The anchoring effect causes early numbers and initial frames to shape later judgment disproportionately, even when the first figure is rough, arbitrary, or self-serving.
Survivorship bias occurs when visible successes are treated as representative while the comparable failures that disappeared from view are ignored.
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The planning fallacy causes teams to treat the intended path of a project as if it were the most likely path, leading to underestimated timelines, budgets and risks.