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'''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>.''' | '''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 | The bias leads us to live in a [[Reality Tunnel|reality tunnel]], 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). | ||
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. As with information which does not affect [[cognitive dissonance]], it is pleasing, and can act like a trap sending you down a rabbit hole of confirming information. Whereas to be truly unbiased and have a better view of reality we must look at both sides of the coin. | 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. As with information which does not affect [[cognitive dissonance]], it is pleasing, and can act like a trap sending you down a rabbit hole of confirming information. Whereas to be truly unbiased and have a better view of reality we must look at both sides of the coin. | ||