Debates are no longer limited to politicians, high school clubs and awkward Thanksgiving conversations. You probably know we just stated the very obvious unless you've gone sans social media for the ...

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for data that can confirm our beliefs, as opposed to looking for data that might challenge those beliefs. The bias degrades our judgments when our initial ...

Imagine that you have tried to reach a friend with whom you have an ambivalent relationship by phone or email, leaving messages, yet receiving no call in return. In a situation like this, it is easy ...

With contributions from the late Katrina Cook, PhD. In a recent jury research exercise for a product liability case, both the plaintiff and the defendant presented testimony from their respective ...

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Confirmation bias can sabotage product development. When product teams form a hypothesis about what users want, they start filtering all incoming information through that lens and ignoring or ...

Cognitive bias, specifically confirmation bias, can severely impact workplace safety by leading organizations to focus on the wrong areas of risk. Often, companies rely on injury data to determine the ...

Effective project and schedule management is critical for the success of any construction project. These management tasks are complex, requiring a blend of technical skills, experience, and soft ...

2019-07-21T22:00:19-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/c09/20190721220739002_hd.jpgThe New York Time's Carl Hulse talked about his book, Confirmation Bias: Inside ...