Confirmation bias

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We do not seek for truth in the abstract... Every man sees what he looks for, and hears what he listens for, and nothing else.

George Bernard Shaw

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Confirmation bias Cognitive biases Seeking the truth

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Letters of George Bernard Shaw

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Letter to E. C. Chapman. 29 July 1891.

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.

John Ruskin

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Reading Confirmation bias

Speaker

John Ruskin

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Ruskin, John. "Of Kings' Treasuries." Dec. 1864, Rusholme, Manchester, England, UK. Lecture.

It is the nature of an hypothesis, when once a man has conceived it, that it assimilates every thing to itself, as proper nourishment; and, from the first moment of your begetting it, it generally grows the stronger by every thing you see, hear, read, or understand.

Laurence Sterne

Tristram Shandy

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Confirmation bias Cognitive biases

Author

Laurence Sterne

Source

Tristram Shandy

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1760 1760s 18th century

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Original Citation

Sterne, Laurence. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Vol. 2, London: Ann Ward, 1760, ch. 19.

Current Citation

Sterne, Laurence. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, edited by Ian Campbell Ross. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 19.

A man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest.

Simon & Garfunkel

The Boxer

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Confirmation bias Cognitive biases

Speaker

Simon & Garfunkel

Source

The Boxer Bridge over Troubled Water (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk rock

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Simon, Paul. "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Performed by Simon & Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Columbia Records, 1970.

Writers the most learned, the most accurate in details, and the soundest in tendency, frequently fall into a habit which can neither be cured nor pardoned-the habit of making history into the proof of their theories.

Lord Acton

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Confirmation bias

Author

Lord Acton

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Lord Acton. "Mr. Goldwin Smith's Irish History." The History of Freedom and Other Essays. Macmillan, 1907.