12 thoughts on “Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ confirmation bias”

  2. A light-hearted take on what is a very serious problem. In my view, the modern online ecosystem is an incubator of confirmation bias, be it via social media, blogs, Substack sites, or whatever. That is one reason that, when things like the Gaza War occur, I try to spend time looking into the history of the events taking place as told from a variety of perspectives, as opposed hunting for online materials that confirm my biases.

    1. There’s an argument (Pinker) that the new social media ecosystem actually subjects the consumer to MORE alternate views.

      In “our” (I’m 52) era, you’d get your newspaper, your (self-selected) friends, and TV for all your info. Now we at least have the potential to skip our algorithm – other arguments are closer than they were.
      So I think it is a wash.

      D.A.
      NYC
      ps Love the guys at J.& M.

  3. On a (somewhat) related note, this aspect of “differences” that Islamism® and Christian Evangelism® have with each

    other reminds me of a tactic I use to explain to folks who claim we need to eliminate separation of church and state. Islamic jihadists will bide their time -at least for a little period of time, and soon after the foundational work, scaffolding and most all of the framework for a “Christian Republik” are in place, forces from the Middle East, Far East, West, South and North and WITHIN the U.S. will be geared up to say, ” Thanks! We’ve got it from here!”

    1. whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/03/24/richard-dawkins-concludes-that-both-he-and-ayaan-hirsi-ali-are-political-christians-but-not-believing-christians/

      Pretty good discussion, IMHO.

      Self-aggrandizement:

      I wrote a bit about how it is a good example of discernment of exoteric from esoteric.

  5. I was at a skeptic convention and a gentleman at our dinner table asked “what belief do you currently have that you strongly suspect isn’t true?”

    The immediate problem of course is the Catch-22 nature of holding a belief that you’re not really holding because you strongly suspect it’s false. Otherwise I’d be happy to throw in a lot of beliefs well above my pay grade which I’ve adopted because I like or respect the experts who verify them.

    I suppose it’s best to look at what I don’t read the other side on and feel guilty about not reading it. Nutrition, probably.

  6. We need more mirrors in our silos. When I watch myself being righteous about some issue or other I realize how ridiculous a horse’s ass I can be. Hate that but it does give me a good laugh at myself. And I do love to laugh.

  7. mo & ju being cartoon characters with little evidence of being otherwise are collectors of affirmation biases of the two dimensional kind.
    … biases transend dimensions!? gotta be on your guard out there!

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