J&M talking about conspiracy theory and confirmation bias this week. Confirmation bias is a very powerful thing, almost impossible for us weak minded Humans to escape. Confirmation bias is like a comfort blanket, reinforcing existing opinion and giving us license to ignore contrary evidence for the things we believe. Opinions, however are like arseholes, everyone has one but apparently these days no one wants to look at anyone else's. (joke stolen from the Dirty Harry movies)
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