“I found that I was fitted for nothing so well as for the study of Truth;"..."as being gifted by nature with the desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture.”
-Francis Bacon, 1605
Article comparing Bacons “Idols” to cognitive biases identified in modern psychology:
https://www.nas.org/blogs/dicta/modern_vs._western_thought_the_return_of_bacons_idols