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Humorist Josh Billings supposedly quipped, "it ain't so much people's ignorance that does the harm as their knowing so darned much that ain't so." 

Our knowledge and beliefs create the mental maps we use to navigate though life.  But what happens when those maps are wrong, leading us astray?  How do our cognitive biases limit us or even do us harm?  

Sometimes believing something that isn't true is relatively harmless, like believing in Santa Claus or that penguins mate for life.  It's true, some penguins are more promiscuous than we think.  However, at times our false beliefs and blind spots can limit our growth, the quality of our relationships, and cause us pain.  What's worse is that our biases blind us to the fact that the root cause of our suffering is in fact our biases.  Leaving us stuck.  

Another danger presented by our cognitive biases is not just that they might limit our ability to understand others, but limit our understanding of ourselves and conceal the things we need to confront.  Is that perhaps what happened at the Oscar's?  Because of course me and Tiff would have an unbiased opinion ;) 

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