Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Confirmation bias, moral equivalency, illusions

Scott Adams looks at examples of confirmation bias and warns us about being accused of moral equivalency.

The media is exploiting white nationalism for ratings.

An example of confirmation bias was Pizzagate, according to Scott. There was shockingly persuasive evidence. Smoke, but no fire. Every part of the evidence is an almost.You can't tell when confirmation bias is happening to you. Once people are in an illusion, they can't get out!

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