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=== How to protect against confirmation bias... === | === How to protect against confirmation bias... === | ||
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. | 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. Then once confirmation bias gets to work information starts to assilimate into the ego and starts to become defended by [[cognitive dissonance]]. | ||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||