Official Praise Thread

[KevinJRogers]

I don't think it worked that way. I think it was an idea developed while reviewing and synthesizing other research studies.
Which is to say, yes, the thesis itself could be born of confirmation bias. Maybe they found what they wanted to find.

It's an old saw: people hear what they want to hear and see what they want to see.

I must be honest, though: I found a lot of value in my old Social Psychology textbook, even though most everything in it were lessons I had already learned from behind the stick. (I'm a street philosopher. ) Having a name for the discrete types of bias helped me build a coherent framework.

Anyway, this looks intriguing. Thanks for posting, mgarbowski!

 

[FootyLovin]

I don't think it worked that way. I think it was an idea developed while reviewing and synthesizing other research studies.
Which is to say, yes, the thesis itself could be born of confirmation bias. Maybe they found what they wanted to find.

Not sure. Looks like you got my ironic font in the end.

 

[mgarbowski]

Not sure. Looks like you got my ironic font in the end.

I didn't notice a font but I did take your point via text.

 

[gbservis]

I didn't notice a font but I did take your point via text.

I feel like they missed a golden opportunity with the title. They could've gone with 'Research Confirming...'—leaning all the way into the confirmation bias—or 'A Unified Theory of Bias' if they really wanted to stir things up with the astrophysicists.