
Vervaeke & (Green)Hall: Bullshit & Simulated Thinking
Rebel Wisdom
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The Confirmation Bias in Habit Mode
The confirmation bias is a linchpin between sort of habit thinking pretending to be exploratory thinking that is also quintessentially an instance of bullshit. And then we have explore mode, where we're quite specifically not allowing what's happening to be run into habits of thinking and habits of acting but rather are moving more slowly through experience. So while it looks like you're doing research or exploring, you're actually not doing that. You're actually just reinforcing the beliefs you have because you're, you're falling prey to the confirmation bias.
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