This morning I was driving home from Brookline (where street signs appear to be illegal, rrr), Google Maps directions by my side. While I was only tangentially familiar with the way that Google wanted me to get home, I was totally confident in the directions - but when I saw a right-hand turn that I could make onto a street from which I was 99% sure I could get home, I took it.
That's not surprising. But the thing is that I assumed that it would be shorter. I had no reason to think that - in fact, I had some reason to not think that, given that it hadn't been suggested by Google, and once I made the turn I knew that it was going to take longer and be more annoying to get home.
Also, for people who are into cognitive biases, a fun game would be to have someone tape them on your backs, and go around asking people questions to see which one you are. I think the SDS people would dig it.
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