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Confirmation Bias
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12/02/2014 from
boingboing.net/2014/02/09/a-reason-to-hang-him-mass.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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US authorities seem particularly vulnerable to confirmation bias. Anyone remember http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_B ?
"FBI was already convinced they had their man, so they rationalized away the non-matching elements ... Mayfield being jailed without charge; his home and office burgled by the FBI; his client-attorney privilege violated; his life upended.
At every turn, the FBI treated evidence that contradicted their theory as evidence that confirmed it. Mayfield's passport had expired and he couldn't possibly have been in Madrid? Proof that he was a terrorist... Mayfield starts to freak out once he realizes he's under surveillance? Aha! Only the guilty worry ..."
- "A reason to hang him": how mass surveillance, secret courts, confirmation bias and the FBI can ruin your life - Boing Boing
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