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Click-baity title, but another good article about the prevalence of biases that make getting the truth harder with the advent of the internet. Overcoming confi
by dhagz 6y ago
Click-baity title, but another good article about the prevalence of biases that make getting the truth harder with the advent of the internet.
Overcoming confirmation bias is a daily struggle for me - it can be so incredibly easy to sit back and read articles that confirm what I _want_ to believe as true and accept that as proof my beliefs are well-founded. Looking for sources of raw data has helped in that regard - numbers tend not to lie as much. Representation can be skewed, though.
- genericone 6y agoWell, the phrase "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics" exists for a reason, data representation sometimes implies "the incontestable conclusion", where a conclusion should not exist.