Confirmation Bias

Confirmation Bias

Our brains have evolved to crave information consistent with what we already believe. We seek out and focus on facts and arguments that support our beliefs. More worrisome, when we are trapped in confirmation bias, we may not consciously perceive facts that challenge us, that are inconsistent with what we have already concluded.  In a complicated, changing, and integrated world, our confirmation bias makes us very difficult people. We simply can't change our minds.

(James Comey, A Higher Loyalty, (large print) p. 179-180)

Dick Henthorn

5 Nov 2019