The Value of Discomforting Thoughts
Is Kennedy’s admonition about our tendency to avoid discomforting thought to be our epitaph – or, to paraphrase President Lincoln, will the “…better angels of our nature” arrive in time to save us from ourselves once again?
By Terry Oxley —— Bio and Archives--May 12, 2023
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Bias is a bit like an autopilot that once programmed guides us along the most agreeable route to our predetermined opinions. It navigates away from the contrary and stops along the way only for those bits of information that confirm our prejudices.
In social science, this tendency is called “confirmation bias.” Awareness of confirmation bias, sometimes called wishful thinking, delivers truckloads of insight about how notoriously flimsy notions persist. It follows then that Individuals/groups lacking objectivity as a core value are absent from any list of the “most trusted” and unsurprisingly a recent Gallop Poll pegs congress members as next to last on the trust scale just above telemarketers.
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