The Binary Bias: A Simplified Way of Processing Information

  One of the most important tasks of our brain is to process all the information it receives. However, it doesn’t always do it in the best way. We like to make quick judgments, label, and classify everything in a chaotic and superficial way. In fact, almost without realizing it, we allow ourselves to be dominated by distortions of thought. One of the most common is the binary bias. This pervasive psychological effect defines our tendency to dichotomize any set of data we’re exposed to. We narrow the entire range of possibilities down to just two categories. This phenomenon happens…