Glossary
Confirmation Bias
The cognitive tendency to weigh evidence that supports existing beliefs more heavily than evidence that disconfirms them.
Confirmation bias is a structural feature of human cognition that the Editorial Methodology treats as a discipline problem, not a moral failing. Editorial process is designed to surface and test it.
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- Psychology
- Media
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