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"Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favour, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses. It is a type of cognitive bias and a systematic error of inductive reasoning. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs."
18th century rationalist philosophers didn't spend much time worrying about human psychology, but in the last 50 years it's become increasingly apparent how little objective reasoning plays in human decision making. It should be noted that confirmation bias is itself sort of a subset of Cognitive Bias.
"A cognitive bias is a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment. Individuals create their own "subjective social reality" from their perception of the input. An individual's construction of social reality, not the objective input, may dictate their behaviour in the social world. "
Participation in Gtplanet's forums is an object lesson in the functioning of cognitive bias & confirmation bias. Has anyone on GTPlanet actually fundamentally reevaluated their a priori beliefs after engaging in a discussion here?
18th century rationalist philosophers didn't spend much time worrying about human psychology, but in the last 50 years it's become increasingly apparent how little objective reasoning plays in human decision making. It should be noted that confirmation bias is itself sort of a subset of Cognitive Bias.
"A cognitive bias is a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment. Individuals create their own "subjective social reality" from their perception of the input. An individual's construction of social reality, not the objective input, may dictate their behaviour in the social world. "
Participation in Gtplanet's forums is an object lesson in the functioning of cognitive bias & confirmation bias. Has anyone on GTPlanet actually fundamentally reevaluated their a priori beliefs after engaging in a discussion here?