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Confirmation Bias

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Confirmation bias (also known as positive bias) is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or strengthens one's prior personal beliefs or hypotheses [1].  For example, one might test hypotheses with positive rather than negative examples, thus missing obvious disconfirming tests.

External Links

  • Speculations on the Future of Science by Kevin Kelly
  • On the Failure to Eliminate Hypotheses in a Conceptual Task by P.C. Wason
  • Write Your Hypothetical Apostasy by Nick Bostrom
  • Confirmation Bias, Wikipedia
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