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This evaluation plan sounds nice, but people don’t actually do any of this stuff for things they’ve internalized. Instead, when presented with new facts that un
by jonathankoren 6y ago
This evaluation plan sounds nice, but people don’t actually do any of this stuff for things they’ve internalized. Instead, when presented with new facts that undercut their preëxisting viewpoints, people reject them. There’s a term for this: confirmation bias. Everyone does it.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-minds http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-...
- chrisco255 6y agoDoes everyone do it or are you just looking for examples of people doing it to confirm that hypothesis?