It’s only human. If we hear a piece of information that fits with the way we think things are, we are more likely to accept it without scrutiny. If we hear something that is contrary to our world-view, we are more likely to subject it to scrutiny.
James Taranto at the WSJ and Jonah Bennett at the Daily Caller report on how easy it was to “troll” journalists with a fake story merely by providing a supposed connection between Donald Trump and white supremacists. Bennett quotes one of the hoaxers:
“Basically, I interspersed various nuggets of truth and exaggerated a lot of things, and sometimes outright lied — in the interest of …
To learn more visit: Crime and Consequences BlogPresentation of the principles of confirmation bias and belief perseverance. The natural human tendency is to seek out only the evidence that supports what we already believe, and to ignore evidence that may debunk our beliefs. We also tend to cling to beliefs even after the original evidence which put it there has been debunked. This is the essence of belief perseverance.
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