<p>Just as organisms evolve to take in what helps and keep out what harms, humans take in ideas that motivate and keep out ideas that demotivate. That's called confirmation bias. Decent people recognize confirmation bias as a problem to be managed. Total jerks treat confirmation bias as the solution to all of their problems. </p>

Just as organisms evolve to take in what helps and keep out what harms, humans take in ideas that motivate and keep out ideas that demotivate. That's called confirmation bias. Decent people recognize confirmation bias as a problem to be managed. Total jerks treat confirmation bias as the solution to all of their problems.

<p>Just as organisms evolve to take in what helps and keep out what harms, humans take in ideas that motivate and keep out ideas that demotivate. That's called confirmation bias. Decent people recognize confirmation bias as a problem to be managed. Total jerks treat confirmation bias as the solution to all of their problems.&nbsp;</p>

06 Confirmation Bias

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