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134. Do I Stay Christian? — A Conversation with Brian McLaren

Faith Matters

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What Is Confirmation Bias?

Some years ago, I became interested in the subject of bias and so I started doing a bunch of research in this. And I came up with 13 different biases that nobody was going to remember because they'd be totally overwhelmed. So I tried to at least illiterate them and come up with a way to describe them,. But just to mention a few the most general biases called confirmation bias which states that our brains are efficient and They would rather not have to rethink everything every day. Another is community bias that if I'm a member of a community It is very hard for me to accept an idea that will get me kicked out of the community  that I value belonging to. The last one

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