Showing posts with label Confirmation bias. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Confirmation bias. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Facts Don’t Change People’s Minds. Here’s What Does




Here are some extracts from an article I read that I feel are insightful and my comments on them.



As a result of the well-documented confirmation bias, we tend to undervalue evidence that contradicts our beliefs and overvalue evidence that confirms them. We filter out inconvenient truths and arguments on the opposing side. As a result, our opinions solidify, and it becomes increasingly harder to disrupt established patterns of thinking.