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Simple explanation for why we think we're right even when we're wrong: we perceive what we believe. Not the other way around. Even when we're dead wrong. In ps
by king_panic 8y ago
Simple explanation for why we think we're right even when we're wrong: we perceive what we believe. Not the other way around. Even when we're dead wrong.
In psych they call this confirmation bias.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
Scott Adams wrote a fantastic book on the subject, in the context of Trump's election to the Presidency.
https://www.amazon.com/Win-Bigly-Persuasion-World-Matter/dp/0735219710 https://www.amazon.com/Win-Bigly-Persuasion-World-Matter/dp/...