Confirmation bias

We are all irrational.

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When confronted with information that challenges your personal narrative, are you curious about the new information and use that to update your beliefs or do you give in to confirmation bias and find ways to reject the evidence that contradicts your assumptions and look for information that strengthens your point of view

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When we come across an interesting news item online, it’s no surprise that we want to share it with others who also may find it interesting.

Which common thinking biases do you suffer from? And how can you overcome them? Here are tips from research.

We historians are increasingly using experimental psychology to understand the way we act. It is becoming very clear that our ability to evaluate risk is hedged by all sorts of cognitive biases. It's a miracle that we get anything right.

These confirmation bias examples will help you understand the tendency to jump to conclusions in your everyday life so you’ll know if you need to check your logic.