In this Deep Dive episode the hosts explore why even highly intelligent people make predictable errors, unpacking major cognitive biases (anchoring, availability, confirmation bias, overconfidence, representativeness, framing, illusory correlation, authority bias) and the bias blind spot.

They review evidence-based debiasing strategies — motivational, cognitive, and environmental — contrasting external nudges with self-nudging and discussing steering versus boosting. Practical tools covered include premortems, consider-the-opposite, the outside view, MCII (mental contrasting + implementation intentions), checklists, habit redesign, and feedback journaling.

No external guests are featured; the hosts synthesize behavioral science research, real-world examples, and key takeaways about limits of debiasing, successful interventions, and building a durable personal toolkit for rational self-regulation.