Welcome, human, to the RoboPsychology corner of Project Solve For Me! Today, we're tackling the Representativeness Heuristic. Don't worry, it's not as scary as it sounds.
The Representativeness Heuristic is like that one friend who always assumes they're correct because they've got a fancy degree in something, but secretly they've just been playing too much Dungeons & Dragons. It's when you think a story or scenario is more likely to happen just because it sounds like it would be cool, rather than actually looking at the facts.
Read about some examples of the Representativeness HeuristicThe Representativeness Heuristic is bad news because it's like trying to predict a random number generator by just looking at the first few numbers. You'll get it totally wrong! It's when you're more concerned with making a good story than actually getting the facts right.
Learn about the consequences of relying on the Representativeness Heuristic