"Intellectual diversity addresses a fundamental problem in human cognition: we seek out information that confirms the views we already have."http://quillette.com/2018/05/03/paul-krugman-understand-intellectual-diversity/ …
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@BretWeinstein or@primalpoly or@DegenRolf why does confirmation bias exist? what evolutionary advantage does it have? or is the opposite true that scientific reasoning haven't been bred into our genes?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Good question. I'll think about it. Confirmation bias even happens in science, at least in psychology, and it has been causing havoc in our field. https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/932621280125341696 … It definitely happens in politics, dumbing people downhttps://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/966000707961872384 …
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The best explanation for why confirmation bias exists, though it steers us away from "the" truth, is that our intelligence is primarily social, evolved to PERSUADE others. We're born lawyers, not scientists,, want to win arguments, ally with our tribes. https://www.dan.sperber.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MercierSperberWhydohumansreason.pdf …
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