Science suggests we’re hardwired to delude ourselves. Can we do anything about it?
If I had to single out a particular bias as the most pervasive and damaging, it would probably be confirmation bias. That’s the effect that leads us to look for evidence confirming what we already think or suspect, to view facts and ideas we encounter as further confirmation, and to discount or ignore any piece of evidence that seems to support an alternate view. Confirmation bias shows up most blatantly in our current political divide, where each side seems unable to allow that the other side is right about anything.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/09/cognitive-bias/565775/
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