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So... I’m skeptical of the claims that we automatically believe what we hear. Especially when they use Milgram as support.

• Jeff_Brown 7y ago
  The Milgram experiment is problematic, yes. It's the most narrative-friendly, but there's an enormous body of work on this question, and it seems largely to point in that direction. (Google Scholar claims 819,000 results for "confirmation bias".)
  • jtbayly 7y ago
    But confirmation bias is very different than believing everything you hear automatically (by default).
    • morelisp 7y ago
      Indeed, confirmation bias might be summarized as "hearing what you believe" - very nearly the opposite.
    • Jeff_Brown 7y ago
      You're right. I get only 5 hits for "default to truth" -- which is so few that I think there must be a better keyword to search for.
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