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[[Confirmation Bias]] is the strong human tendency to dismiss or distort evidence or facts that are contrary to our acceptable beliefs formed by our [[Mental Map]] and readily seek out any kind of evidence that supports our views.<ref>[http://www.energeticsynthesis.com/index.php/resource-tools/news-shift-timelines/2832-bio-neurology Bio-Neurology]</ref> | [[Confirmation Bias]] is the strong human tendency to dismiss or distort evidence or facts that are contrary to our acceptable beliefs formed by our [[Mental Map]] and readily seek out any kind of evidence that supports our views.<ref>[http://www.energeticsynthesis.com/index.php/resource-tools/news-shift-timelines/2832-bio-neurology Bio-Neurology]</ref> | ||
It is a type of cognitive bias and a systematic error of inductive reasoning. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for desired outcomes, for emotionally charged issues, and for deeply-entrenched beliefs. | |||
In psychology and cognitive science, confirmation bias (or confirmatory bias) is a tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions, leading to statistical errors.Confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias and represents an error of inductive inference toward confirmation of the hypothesis under study. | |||
Confirmation bias is a phenomenon wherein decision makers have been shown to actively seek out and assign more weight to evidence that confirms their hypothesis, and ignore or underweigh evidence that could disconfirm their hypothesis. | |||
As such, it can be thought of as a form of selection bias in collecting evidence.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias Confirmation Bias]</ref> | |||
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