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The tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs. Social media algorithms have turned this into an Olympic sport.
From stock market bubbles to political polarisation, this bias shapes entire societies.
Your brain literally rewards you with dopamine for confirming your biases. Evolution's cruelest joke.
"The human brain: 3 billion years of evolution perfecting the art of being wrong with complete certainty."
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