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‘Confirmation bias, also called confirmatory bias or mysid, is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses. It is a type of cognitive bias and a systematic error of inductive reasoning.


916 posted on 05/26/2018 9:48:29 PM PDT by blu (The "B clique"...spreading humor since 1888. Not bossy enough for the A clique.)
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Groupthink occurs when small groups are under pressure to come to an important decision,”


917 posted on 05/26/2018 9:52:50 PM PDT by blu (The "B clique"...spreading humor since 1888. Not bossy enough for the A clique.)
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