> When people are surprised they don’t put the information through their usual bullshit filters. Huh. When I see information that's surprising, that's when my

> When people are surprised they don’t put the information through their usual bullshit filters. Huh. When I see information that's surprising, that's when my critical analysis and bullshit filters naturally spring into life. Something surprising is something I either hadn't thought about before, or had thought about but come to a different conclusion with. Something surprising is ripe to be considered from a bunch of different angles. How does it fit in with the things I already know? It is plausible? Does it actually contradict my current model of the world? Might it complement my current model of the world? Anything that isn't surprising is what gets the free pass on my bullshit filters. Yay, confirmation bias!