“Beware of Biased Skepticism”

“Beware of Biased Skepticism”

 

Matsys "Folly"
“An Allegory of Folly,” by Quentin Matsys (d. 1530)
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A useful call to watch our biases:

 

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2016/04/02/beware_of_biased_skepticism_109589.html

 

Confirmation bias, false assumptions, blinders, and preconceptions don’t exist only among your adversaries.

 

“I’m with stupid” should sometimes more accurately read “I’m [with] stupid.”

 

 


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