Psychology of Belief, Part 3: Confirmation Bias

Presentation of the principles of confirmation bias and belief perseverance. The natural human tendency is to seek out only the evidence that supports what we already believe, and to ignore evidence that may debunk our beliefs. We also tend to cling to beliefs even after the original evidence which put it there has been debunked. This is the essence of belief perseverance.

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• psychology
• of
• belief
• confirmation
• bias
• perseverance
• ray
• comfort
• wason
• experiment

[Forcefield23]

note to self: watch video before commenting.

[AntiCitizenX]

@Forcefield23

LOL... ;) 

[justafrinian]

Intriguing video. Would be nice to get links to the study cited in the video. Only the spirit or many tests can confirm the truth. They work in unison.

[AntiCitizenX]

@justafrinian

It's called "Google," my friend. Try it out. Unfortunately, some of the studies are not freely available online. For those you might have to (*gasp*) go to a library yourself and dig them up. I live on a university campus, so I get much of this stuff instantly. However, most libraries can get the articles for you through interlibrary loan. It's still free, just not instant.

Finally, that "spirit" thing of yours... you'd better be skeptical of that too. See Part 6.

[cmpresents]

Yeah but can science figure out what love is. Why we laugh, why we cry, why 99% of all songs speak about the heart, why lying is a sin. Let me know when you find the answer.

[AntiCitizenX]

@cmpresents

I found those answers years ago. They are also entirely irrelevant to the content of this video.

[AntiCitizenX]

@alterangel182

"But until you have any understanding of even basic principles which you use the analyze the world around you, this conversation will go nowhere."

It saddens me to see you so confident in your own empty assertions. But don't worry. Reality will beat you over the head sooner or later. I just hope you are humble enough to recognize it when it happens. Until then, best of luck and try not to get hurt.

[HybridD91]

Wait, I didn't even see the word even. I just said the numbers where increasing by 2. Gotta read that again :P.

[philopolymath]

Excellent confirmation that God concepts and belief dogmas are MOST vulnerable and ATTRACTIVE means of MASS manipulation...

BUT it has ZERO nO NADA relation to the FACT of Gods existence only MANS PERCEPTION.

Are you ADDING to this deception or helping to SHOW it's trap?

[Phainein]

@rictusgate See, I don't even bother to critique the banana; it is ONE FRUIT in a sea of other fruits/foods which are messy and hard to eat. Look at nuts, which are hard to eat the edible portion of without tools. Look at Tapioca; certain types are POISONOUS in the natural raw form. It only becomes edible after processing! There are too many exceptions.

[Sloth7d]

@neversurdender He did? He seemed to like it, I guess, and not many of his fans really cared about his sex life.

[neversurdender]

Tj showed that the banana isnt the athiests worst nightmare...

[un2mensch]

For what it's worth, bananas peel much more freely from the tip, not the stem.

[dirtypimpbird]

Good video.. Everyday i say to myself "don't fool yourself, because you are the easiest person to fool." i think this quote is from an out of print book called The Art of Scientific Thinking. People are so unaware of how the confirmation bias impacts the decision they make in life...



[PalulukanMakto]

@justafrinian A good place to look is PubMed.

[PachucoDesigns]

@AntiCitizenX This makes me wonder how many people held on to the idea of phlogiston and the presupposition of the elements even after we proved it wrong and began the expansion of the periodic table. Even though it took time, it was so done by the guidance of those experts who have tested and confirmed it. But it's still held as true by the masses based on these principles of belief. So what will come of it when we prove the nature of "god?" The power of suggestion is a troubling thing.

[rictusgate]

I always find Mr.Raynards quip about the handy "pull tab" being so essential to showing that a designer cared enough to make the fruit easy to peel and eat so laughable - have you ever watched a monkey or other such beast eat a banana? They hold the banana "upside down" - with the "pull tab" held by a foot and the monkey then peels it from the "bottom". Try it, it's a much more efficient technique - and it took a monkey to show the human how to do it better, makes one wonder . . . ?