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Former Comcast and Verizon Attorneys Now Manage the FCC and Are About to Kill the Internet
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1457634" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias" target="_blank"><strong>Confirmation bias</strong></a>, also called <strong>myside bias</strong>, is the tendency to search for, interpret, or prioritize information in a way that confirms one's beliefs or hypotheses. It is a type of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias" target="_blank">cognitive bias</a> and a systematic error of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning" target="_blank">inductive reasoning</a>. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias" target="_blank">biased way</a>. The effect is stronger for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional" target="_blank">emotionally</a> charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1457634, member: 1"] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias'][B]Confirmation bias[/B][/URL], also called [B]myside bias[/B], is the tendency to search for, interpret, or prioritize information in a way that confirms one's beliefs or hypotheses. It is a type of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias']cognitive bias[/URL] and a systematic error of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning']inductive reasoning[/URL]. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias']biased way[/URL]. The effect is stronger for [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional']emotionally[/URL] charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. [/QUOTE]
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