> and sometimes wonder if it is willful I think it is. We See What We Want to See and hear what we want to hear [0] Francis Bacon said in 1620 that "the huma

> and sometimes wonder if it is willful I think it is. We See What We Want to See and hear what we want to hear [0] Francis Bacon said in 1620 that "the human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion … draws all things else to support and agree with it. And though there be a greater number and weight of instances to be found on the other side, yet these it either neglects and despises, or else by some distinction sets aside and rejects; in order that by this great and pernicious predetermination the authority of its former conclusions may remain inviolate." [1] Biased processing and confirmation bias are most likely to occur when people feel threatened in their beliefs[2] [0] - https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/kidding-ourselves/201404/we-see-what-we-want-see https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/kidding-ourselves/20140... https://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/i-only-hear-what-i-want-hear-and-so-do-you https://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/i-only-hear-what-i-... [1] - www.constitution.org/bacon/nov_org.htm [2] - http://psy2.ucsd.edu/~mckenzie/nickersonConfirmationBias.pdf http://psy2.ucsd.edu/~mckenzie/nickersonConfirmationBias.pdf Thanks for the book suggestion though.