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Cognitive Biases Academy

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Free, 66 languages, one goal: a billion self-aware minds

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Free, 66 languages, one goal: a billion self-aware minds

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Your brain misfires by design: 190+ ways, to be exact. Cognitive Biases Academy is a free library and course covering every documented bias in plain language: where it comes from, how it distorts your decisions, and how to catch it in yourself. Backed by 1,800+ academic references, translated into 66 languages, free forever, no card required. The mission: one billion people who can catch their own thinking going wrong. Science says 10% of us is enough to tip the rest. Be part of the 10%.

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Volodymyr, maker of Cognitive Biases Academy. Here's the study that started this project. In 2011, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic modelled how ideas spread through a network. Below 10% committed believers, an idea basically never takes over; it would take longer than the age of the universe. Cross 10%, and the majority follows fast. Now apply that to reasoning itself. If one person in ten can name a cognitive bias out loud and refuses to decide on it, the other nine adjust. Not because anyone argued them into it, because sloppy reasoning stops going unchallenged. That's the whole plan: get a billion people through a free course on how the mind misjudges. What's inside: 🧠 190+ cognitive biases explained in plain language: origins, real-life examples, and how to catch each one in yourself 📚 1,800+ academic references: every article ends with its primary sources 🌍 66 languages: because bias doesn't speak only English 🆓 Free forever, no card, no paywall: it's a social-impact project, not a funnel Right now we're heading the wrong way: confidence keeps outrunning knowledge, and most people have never been told their brain misfires by design. This is my attempt to turn that around. I'd love your honest feedback: which bias catches YOU most often? Mine is the planning fallacy, every single time. 😅 And if you find the project useful, sharing it in your language helps more than an upvote. That's how we get to 10%.

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Which cognitive bias catches you most often? (Founder's confession inside)

Hi everyone, Volodymyr here, founder of Cognitive Biases Academy.

While building the library, I had to read primary research on 190+ biases, and the uncomfortable part was recognizing myself in most of them. My personal weak spot is the planning fallacy. This project was supposed to take 6 months. It took much longer, and I knew about the bias the whole time. Knowing the name doesn't make you immune; it just helps you catch it a bit earlier.

So here's the thread: which bias catches YOU most often, in work or in life? Confirmation bias when researching a purchase? Sunk cost on a project you should have killed? Anchoring in a salary negotiation?

If you're not sure what to blame, browse the full list at cognitivebiases.academy and find your usual suspect. Everything is free and available in 66 languages.

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