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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.
>
> 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