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[[File:Confirmation bias.png|alt=Confirmation bias|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Reinforcing what we already think.]] | [[File:Confirmation bias.png|alt=Confirmation bias|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Reinforcing what we already think.]] | ||
'''Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values<ref>https://pages.ucsd.edu/~mckenzie/nickersonConfirmationBias.pdf</ref>.''' | '''Confirmation [[Cognitive Biases|bias]] is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values<ref>https://pages.ucsd.edu/~mckenzie/nickersonConfirmationBias.pdf</ref>.''' | ||
The bias leads us to live in a world of our own choosing, finding the information that already fits with our beliefs and ignoring or discounting what doesn't. It's the bias that makes two sides get further apart rather than closer together (polarization). | The bias leads us to live in a world of our own choosing, finding the information that already fits with our beliefs and ignoring or discounting what doesn't. It's the bias that makes two sides get further apart rather than closer together (polarization). | ||