1579 || omission bias

Make Your Damn Bed · Oct 13, 2025 · 9m

The omission bias refers to our tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than harmful inactions, even if they result in similar consequences.

SOURCES:

BUSTER BENSON'S MEDIUM POST: https://medium.com/@buster/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18

OMISSION BIAS: https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/omission-bias

and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omission_bias

More biases here: Bizarreness effect, Humor effect, Von Restorff effect, Negativity bias, Publication bias, Omission bias

Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66…