Michael Jackson: > I'll leave it to Xeno - > "Confirmation bias refers to a type of selective thinking whereby one tends to notice and to look for what confirms one's beliefs, and to ignore, not look for, or undervalue the relevance of what contradicts one's beliefs."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias > Nappy has spent too much time bowing to a table with > Marshy, Benjy and Maitrea's pics on it to know good > sense when he reads it. > > > If anyone has wondered why I've been fairly silent this > > week, it's because I've been suffering from Eyeroll > > Overload. I mean, we've had people spouting supposedly > > scientific theories to justify their homophobia, and > > other people spouting supposedly scientific research to > > justify their unfounded elitism about TM, and others > > just spouting nonsense about aliens, Buddhism, Hare > > Krishna, and other subjects they know nothing about. > > > > While I may admire Xeno's tenacity in actually trying > > to engage Nabby over the ludicrousnessitude of Benny > > Creme, I just don't have the energy. I also don't have > > the energy to deal with people spouting stuff they've > > been told about other techniques of meditation *that > > they have never learned, never practiced, and obviously > > know nothing about* simply because MMY or some initiator > > he taught to parrot him or some researcher who *also* > > never learned the techniques told it to them. > > > > My eyes hurt from all the eyerolling. Let Xeno and > > Michael and Salyavin and whoever else try to deal with > > this stuff if they want. From my point of view, some > > levels of ignorance are just too ingrained and too > > well-established to even bother trying to dispel.
