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5. I should have known this would get a lot of snark

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 08:42 AM

Sep 2013

not that it isn't snarkworthy, but confirmation bias on DU is at epidemic proportions. It's really nuts.

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Confirmation Bias [View all] cali Sep 2013 OP

"Ha! I knew it!" DetlefK Sep 2013 #1

....... cali Sep 2013 #2

I should have known this would get a lot of snark cali Sep 2013 #5

Joking aside - you are entirely right. el_bryanto Sep 2013 #9

Why do you think DU has an IGNORE feature? JoePhilly Sep 2013 #4

I don't think that's a fix cali Sep 2013 #7

Me either. JoePhilly Sep 2013 #13

No foolin'. Here's an intresting recent study. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #6

I made a similar point ProSense Sep 2013 #11

This place couldn't exist without it. rrneck Sep 2013 #14

Its twin sibling is epistemic closure. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #15