The Political Orphanage

Confirmation Bias is Hilarious But Expensive

May 3, 2023

01:14:32

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Justin Robert Young

Brian Brushwood

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The Streetlight Effect and Confirmation Bias in Decision-Making

03:17

Academia's Circle Jerk: A Look into the Peer Review Process

02:55

Introduction

3min

The Political Orphanage: A Saga of Confirmation Bias

4min

Brian's Interview With Malcolm Gladwell

2min

The Crucial Elements of World's Greatest Con

2min

Project Alpha: A History of the USSR and the USA

3min

The Rise and Fall of Psychics

2min

The Bogosian Grievant Studies

4min

The Cognitive Elements of Paranormal Shit

2min

The Power of Personal Experience

4min

10.

The Best Practices for Policymaking

2min

11.

The Mac Lab's Premise That Kids Won't Lies

2min

12.

The Purity of Children's Memory

2min

13.

The Danifreds' Scholar

2min

14.

The Confirmation Bias in Politics

5min

15.

The Confirmation Bias

2min

16.

The Gifts of Revelations

2min

17.

The Negative Effects of Confirmation Bias

1min

18.

The Evolution of Psychics

3min

19.

The Importance of Being Cast Out

3min

20.

The Evolution of JK Rowling's Career

4min

21.

The Problem With Confirmation Bias

2min

22.

The Mac Lab and the Confirmation Bias

4min

23.

The Domiclays of the Cold War Fuhrer

4min

24.

The Importance of Critical Thinking

2min

25.

The Politics of Agnosticism

2min

26.

World's Greatest Con

4min

27.

The Rosetta Stone for Anxiety

3min

What do military research boondoogles on astral projection, psychic boon-bending children, and extensive bouts of policy antics all have in common? Confirmation bias.

Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young join the show to discuss confirmation bias vis a vis their hit podcast, "World's Greatest Con"

World's Greatest Con: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worlds-greatest-con/id1572307941

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