Confirmation Bias
As human beings, we seek pleasure over pain, and this affects every decision we make.
Instead of thinking irrationally, human beings are always seeking validation of their own ideas or thoughts. For example, when seeking expert advice, one is always looking to hear what they already know, so it's more like idea validation by an expert instead of truly seeking advice.
We manage to find evidence that confirms what we want to believe.
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Confirmation Bias
Is our tendency to cherry-pick information that confirms our existing beliefs or ideas.
To hold an idea and convince ourselves we arrived at it rationally, we go in search of evidence to support our view. And we manage to find that evidence that confirms what we want to believe.
Confirmation Bias
We have a tendency to confirm what we already believe.
Because of this, we only focus on finding confirming evidences, even though seeking evidences that will say otherwise is equally important.
This is dangerous for us, especially if what we believe is not a factual truth.
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