rePost:Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds | The New Yorker

Mercier and Sperber prefer the term “myside bias.” Humans, they point out, aren’t randomly credulous. Presented with someone else’s argument, we’re quite adept at spotting the weaknesses. Almost invariably, the positions we’re blind about are our own.

Source: Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds | The New Yorker

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