# Cognitive biases for women's MX testers: know your own bias first

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**Created:** [October 27, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/cognitive-biases-for-womens-mx-testers-know-your-own-bias-first/63096 "2014-10-27T01:04:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brian\_F](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/brian_f/32/1573_2.png) [@Brian\_F](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Brian_F)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/cognitive-biases-for-womens-mx-testers-know-your-own-bias-first/63096/1 "2014-10-27T01:04:32Z")

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Why, thank you! I _am_ biased, in fact.

And so are you. And you. And _you_.

We all have biases. Biases toward certain people, places, things, beliefs.

Or… Biases toward what certain [pheromone](https://pheromonelabs.com/shop/) mixes do because other people said so? Hmm!

But are we _aware_ of these biases?

How can my bias make me stupid? How can we combat bias-blindness stupidity?

Knowing your biases is the first step.

Let’s take a look:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pheromonetalk/original/2X/0/0b5f8395af372788abcbb789fdd0d5c322a6049b.jpeg "Social Psychology: Cognitive Biases: Fundamental Attribution Error, Actor-Observer Effect, and...") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO2pBE8WI5g)

This has been a public service announcement from yours truly, Brian F, team lead at Androtics Research. Helping YOU dispel stupid biases and become a better person/researcher/ass-kicker.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Dragon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/miss_dragon/32/866_2.png) [@Miss\_Dragon](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Miss_Dragon)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/cognitive-biases-for-womens-mx-testers-know-your-own-bias-first/63096/2 "2014-11-14T02:59:21Z")

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What happened here? The video is gone.
