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Tag: Beliefs

Why Do We Believe What We Believe?

By Phil Mayes Posted on May 21, 2019 Posted in Musings, Politics, Society Tagged with Beliefs
Why Do We Believe What We Believe?

Why do we believe what we believe, and how is it possible that we differ so much? Our beliefs comes from our senses, culture, in-group, experts, feelings and thinking. Of these, only thinking and expertise can make a defensible case. (This is a major rewrite of the original 5/19/19 post.)

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Our beliefs resist new facts

By Phil Mayes Posted on March 23, 2015 Posted in Politics, Science, Society Tagged with Beliefs, confirmation bias

Mother Jones has a really interesting article on how our beliefs block new information: Pre-existing beliefs, far more than new facts, skew our thoughts. Feelings arise before conscious thoughts and color them. Confirmation bias gives more weight to facts that …

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