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> Confirmation bias affects every last one of us. We have a lower
> standard of evidence when examining claims that agree with our
> preconceptions than we do when considering claims that contravert
> them. On this list, we are quick to dismiss studies that seem to
> support the virtues of vegetarianism, or whole grains, but we'll
> accept just about any study that supports the virtues of meat. When
> paleo critics do this sort of thing, it infuriates us, but we do
> exactly the same thing. There's no escaping it, really; we can only
> struggle to try to minimize the effects of confirmation bias in our
> own thinking.
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> Todd Moody
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Well said. This is the very reason why so many find science and
philosophy so difficult to do. It hurts to risk shaking one's
received opinions.
Jim