On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrea Giammarchi wrote: > >> I think ignoring undefined, if that's what has been decided, is a >> mistake. As easy as that. >> > > Read this thread, or past threads: > > https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2013-September/033406.html > > which links to > > https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2012-June/023402.html > > where I called for agreement, and > > https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2012-July/024207.html > > where (find "B. Defaults") the agreement is recorded, with use-case-based > rationale. > > I sometimes think people don't want to remember what they don't agree > with. I find that I do that sometimes -- human nature, not sure if it has a > cog-psych name. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias *Confirmation bias* (also called *confirmatory bias* or *myside bias*) is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis>.[Note 1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#cite_note-1> [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#cite_note-plous233-2> People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias> . > > Anyway, it's better to remember, or try to re-deduce the rationale, and > argue with that. Not just fail to see why and assert to the contrary. > > /be > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > -- Text by me above is hereby placed in the public domain Cheers, --MarkM
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