Confirmation bias

There is a readable account of this pattern of human behaviour written by Matt Ridley. As he notes, drawing on Dan Gardner's book Future Babble:

…knowledge is no defence against it; indeed, the more you know, the more you fall for confirmation bias. Expertise gives you the tools to seek out the confirmations you need to buttress your beliefs.

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