Today's featured article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
*"Confirmation bias* (also called *confirmatory bias* or *myside bias*)
is a tendency for researchers to favor information that confirms their
preconception or hypothesis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis>
whether or not it is true.^
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#cite_note-0> As a
result, people gather evidence and recall information from memory
selectively, and interpret it in a biased way
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias>. The biases appear in particular for
emotionally significant issues and for established beliefs."
Gordo
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Gordon Joly
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http://www.joly.org.uk/
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