6 min
"The DNA is a match": Confirmation Bias Outsmarting Implicit Bias
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We have more information at our fingertips than ever before… but this doesn’t mean we’re making better decisions. Why? One culprit: the confirmation bias. From DNA analysis and political debates to the strategies we use in business and fantasy football, our desire to confirm our beliefs skews how we interpret the data in front of us.
We have more information at our fingertips than ever before… but this doesn’t mean we’re making better decisions. Why? One culprit: the confirmation bias. From DNA analysis and political debates to the strategies we use in business and fantasy football, our desire to confirm our beliefs skews how we interpret the data in front of us.
6 min
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