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minus-squareTelorandlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoI get it. That’s still confirmation bias, because in comparison, the people that I’m around read often. Our individual experiences are not good ways to determine what people in general are doing.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoThat’s not what confirmation bias means. Confirmation bias has absolutely nothing to do with sample size or what you’re exposed to. It’s ignoring the evidence you see in order to prop up a pre-existing belief.
I get it. That’s still confirmation bias, because in comparison, the people that I’m around read often. Our individual experiences are not good ways to determine what people in general are doing.
That’s not what confirmation bias means. Confirmation bias has absolutely nothing to do with sample size or what you’re exposed to.
It’s ignoring the evidence you see in order to prop up a pre-existing belief.