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Confirmation bias: A psychological phenomenon that helps explain why pundits got it wrong
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Confirmation bias is usually described as a tendency to notice or search out information that confirms what one already believes, or would like to believe, and to avoid or discount information that’s contrary to one’s beliefs or preferences.
This presidential election was undoubtedly the most contentious of any in the memory of most voters... The atmosphere was one in which the motivated confirmation bias would find fertile soil... If you think you’re immune to it, it is very likely that you’ve neglected to consider the evidence that you’re not.
This presidential election was undoubtedly the most contentious of any in the memory of most voters... The atmosphere was one in which the motivated confirmation bias would find fertile soil... If you think you’re immune to it, it is very likely that you’ve neglected to consider the evidence that you’re not.
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