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A great metaphor for this is to think of channels of water. As water runs through the channels the channels get deeper, and as they get deeper it pulls more of the water into the main channels until there is only one way. Confirmation bias can act like that. | A great metaphor for this is to think of channels of water. As water runs through the channels the channels get deeper, and as they get deeper it pulls more of the water into the main channels until there is only one way. Confirmation bias can act like that. | ||
=== Psychology === | |||
To combat confirmation bias, it's important to understand that when the human mind comes to agree with something it starts to associate with it. The once confirmation bias gets to work information starts to assilimate into the ego and starts to become defended by [[cognitive dissonance]]. | |||
=== How to protect against confirmation bias... === | |||
Its important to consider different opinions and not immediately discount them upfront and then to use our empathy to understand why others feel the way they do. When we deliberately seek out information that challenges our point of view we will usually find a richer, more nuanced world that helps build bridges with others rather than drive us apart. A useful tool that enables many to better see these types of biases within themselves are the inducement of [[Pivotal mental state|pivotal mental states]]. | |||
== Authority Bias == | == Authority Bias == | ||
Research suggests that greater authority is given to financial advisors who confirm one’s existing opinions, implying that authority bias is strengthened when it coincides with confirmation bias<ref>'''"Evaluating experts may serve psychological needs: Self-esteem, bias blind spot, and processing fluency explain confirmation effect in assessing financial advisors' authority'''". Zaleskiewicz, Tomasz; Gasiorowska, Agata (2020). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 27 (1): 27–45. doi:10.1037/xap0000308. <nowiki>PMID 32597675</nowiki>.</ref>. | Research suggests that greater authority is given to financial advisors who confirm one’s existing opinions, implying that [[Authority Bias|authority bias]] is strengthened when it coincides with confirmation bias<ref>'''"Evaluating experts may serve psychological needs: Self-esteem, bias blind spot, and processing fluency explain confirmation effect in assessing financial advisors' authority'''". Zaleskiewicz, Tomasz; Gasiorowska, Agata (2020). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 27 (1): 27–45. doi:10.1037/xap0000308. <nowiki>PMID 32597675</nowiki>.</ref>. | ||
=== [[The Diderot Effect|'''The Diderot Effect''']] === | === [[The Diderot Effect|'''The Diderot Effect''']] === | ||