Bias Quote by David McRaney

“If you are thinking about buying a particular make of new car, you suddenly see people driving that car all over the roads. If…

— David McRaney

We tend to accept information that confirms our prior beliefs and ignore or discredit information that does not. This confirmation bias settles over our…

— Kyle Hill

“What is the danger in the personalization era? Psychologists call it confirmation bias—“a tendency to believe things that reinforce our existing views, to see…

— Craig Detweiler

“In fact ever since I first learned about confirmation bias I’ve been seeing it everywhere. Everywhere.”

— Jon Ronson

“With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.”

— Criss Jami

“Confirmation bias is the most effective way to go on living a lie.”

— Criss Jami

“Confirmation bias is the tendency to see things in your environment that confirm your preconceived ideas and not see things that conflict with what…

— William Landay

Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once an idea gets into…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

“The last major risk to getting good facts is our own prejudices. While we may not always test a solution based on our opinions…

— Nat Greene

The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice and remember…

— Carol Tavris

“The confirmation bias is alive and well in the business world. One example: An executive team decides on a new strategy. The team enthusiastically”

— Rolf Dobelli

“Because it’s very easy to fall victim to confirmation bias, try focusing only on data that invalidates your hypothesis before looking for data that…

— Product School