Biases as smart-system side effects

The essay argues cognitive 'biases' should be understood like visual illusions: they expose the shortcuts of a highly capable system rather than prove incompetence. Humans’ everyday feats (language, memory, mind‑reading, balance) show strong baseline competence; clever experiments can reveal its limits without implying global stupidity. — This reframing tempers bias‑driven fatalism in media, policy, and organizational training by restoring nuance about human judgment and how to improve it.