The LAWS of HUMAN NATURE(Robert Greene)
1. Don’t fall into the trap of confirmation bias. Once we have already made up our mind, we set out to find evidence to convince ourselves that that idea is a rational conclusion. mobile e-book: 95p 'Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to selectively take only information that is helpful to one's opinion or argument (regardless of whether it is true or not) and to intentionally ignore information that one does not want to believe.' The book also talks about confirmation bias and various other things, but I want to talk about confirmation bias. The same goes for me, and most of us seem to be caught in the trap of confirmation bias. For example, let's say you're explaining to your spouse or parent why you should play a game. I think they will only focus on relieving stress and various other advantages, and highlight only the advantages while slightly ignoring the disadvantages of playing games. The reason for this is simple. Because I want t...