RE: RE: Confirmation bias and backfire effect
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RE: Confirmation bias and backfire effect

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Did you know we tend to believe statements that contain a rhyme?

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explains to some extent the power of songs.

Boy do I get called a far-right conspiracy theoriest a lot. Q anon, Trump supporter, all that. It used to make me very angry, now I laugh it off. I try to do much of what you advise, but sometimes the best thing is to remain silent, and let the ridiculous statement the other has just said percolate.

I still have difficulty speaking up whenever someone recounts a story of a severe and sudden health event that occurred soon after their jab. They put the events together in the telling of the story, but do not see the jab as a cause. I believe that somewhere, in the backs of their minds, they have made the connection, and my pointing it out will only weaken their understanding, because of confirmation bias.

Then again, what are my confirmation biases? How have I been maniputlated into believing as I do? What is my function in this game?

More of us must ask ourselves those questions.