WikiTech The Thinking Atheist

Topic

Motivated reasoning and confirmation bias

2 mentions in 1 episode

Psychological tendency to believe things that align with one's desires, discussed as a cause of spreading fake content.

Mentions

Go Fact Yourself: "Skeptics" Aren't Immune to Fake News

  • 49:34

    Feynman quote used to illustrate the danger of fooling oneself.

  • 50:03

    Francis Bacon quote about human understanding being biased by desire.