Thinking 101 — Fluency, Confirmation Bias, and the Opposite Question
5/16/2026 5 min read readingconfirmation-biasmetacognitionhypothesis-testing +1
Reading notes on the Yale intensive lecture-based book Thinking 101. Five concepts that sharpened how I form and test hypotheses at work: fluency-driven overconfidence, why plans are always too optimistic, confirmation bias as a survival strategy, and the surprisingly simple technique of asking the opposite question.