[Peace-discuss] Would you prefer some alt-facts?

[Carl G. Estabrook]

Is there a confirmation bias among people who believe in confirmation bias?

That is, are they "urged to believe only things that confirm what they already believe to be true” - notably, the prevalence of confirmation bias?

There may be a risk of infinite regress here (i.e., a confirmation bias in favor of a confirmation bias for the prevalence of confirmation bias - und so weiter...) that may consume itself, Phoenix-like, and leave us only ashes.  

That may suggest we attend more to the substance of the beliefs rather than to the psychology of those who hold them. 

Ideas are not responsible for the people who believe in them.  —CGE


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