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We tend to think we form opinions by weighing all the evidence — but confirmation bias means we mostly seek out and remember what already fits the beliefs we hold

We tend to think we form opinions by weighing all the evidence — but confirmation bias means we mostly seek out and remember what already fits the beliefs we hold

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Pick an opinion you actually hold, something you feel reasonably sure about. Could be political, could be about diet, could be about whether remote work makes people lazy. Now, honestly: when was the last time you went looking for the strongest argument against it? Not a strawman version you could knock down, but the best [...] The post We tend to think we form opinions by weighing all the evidence — but confirmation bias means we mostly seek out and remember what already fits the beliefs we hold appeared first on Space Daily .

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