Confirmation bias is genetic..

Zeluvia · 1st February 2015, 07:18 PM

Another good reason not to argue with people on the internet:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0419205534.htm

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People with a variation on the gene DARPP-32 that affects the response to dopamine in the stratium allowed people to learn more quickly from experience when no advice was given, but also made them more readily impressionable to the bias of the PFC when instruction was given. Like a "yes man" who is flexible to a fault, the striatum would give more weight to experiences that reinforced the PFC's belief, and less weight to experiences that contradicted it. Researchers call this confirmation bias, which is ubiquitous across many domains, such as astrology, politics, and even science.

spruce · 1st February 2015, 07:46 PM

Who is this Gene Darpy and why is he making light of my contradictory experiences?

Zeluvia · 2nd February 2015, 01:40 AM

I think the actual point of the article was not to give advice = p

Hermit · 2nd February 2015, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeluvia

I think the actual point of the article was not to give advice = p

The article gives bad advice. In my experience giving advice is a good thing.

nostrum · 2nd February 2015, 07:47 AM

does the article confirm what you already know?

Hermit · 2nd February 2015, 08:03 AM

Yes. It did. That's why I rejected the advice.

Zeluvia · 2nd February 2015, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Hermit

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Originally Posted by Zeluvia

I think the actual point of the article was not to give advice = p

The article gives bad advice. In my experience giving advice is a good thing.

Are you saying you have been given good advice?

Does anyone give advice they think is bad?

If people learn faster and more accurately without confirmation bias in the absence of advice, how can giving advice be a good thing?

spruce · 2nd February 2015, 11:27 AM

Australian Iocane Powder?

MSG · 2nd February 2015, 11:29 AM

Giving advice is absolutely a bad idea. You should charge for it, like I do for a living...

Hermit · 2nd February 2015, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeluvia

Does anyone give advice they think is bad?

The advertising industry is based on doing precisely that. Do you really think the offerings of Macdonalds constitute a balanced diet, or that if you are a lonely alcoholic women will be all over you when you drink Smirnoff Vodka?

Zeluvia · 2nd February 2015, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Hermit

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Originally Posted by Zeluvia

Does anyone give advice they think is bad?

The advertising industry is based on doing precisely that. Do you really think the offerings of Macdonalds constitute a balanced diet, or that if you are a lonely alcoholic women will be all over you when you drink Smirnoff Vodka?

Are you not defending the proposition that "giving advice is a good thing?"

If not, then excuse me for misreading you.

Zeluvia · 2nd February 2015, 12:40 PM

http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles...to-advertising

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Popcorn, a study suggests, makes us immune to advertising.

gib · 2nd February 2015, 12:49 PM

For generations my family has believed that confirmation bias is NOT genetic, so it'll take more than some dumb article to change my mind

Hermit · 2nd February 2015, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeluvia

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Originally Posted by Hermit

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Originally Posted by Zeluvia

Does anyone give advice they think is bad?

The advertising industry is based on doing precisely that. Do you really think the offerings of Macdonalds constitute a balanced diet, or that if you are a lonely alcoholic women will be all over you when you drink Smirnoff Vodka?

Are you not defending the proposition that "giving advice is a good thing?"

Why, yes. Yes, I am. Except, of course when the advice is bad.

Zeluvia · 3rd February 2015, 03:51 PM

1st February 2015, 07:46 PM	#215010 / #2
spruce redolent needling balm Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Appalachia, CSA	Who is this Gene Darpy and why is he making light of my contradictory experiences? __________________ :spruce: "She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside 'er." - MSG (of diva) *** ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ *** I smell the STANK OF DEF!

2nd February 2015, 01:40 AM	#215090 / #3
Zeluvia Send Cash or Drugs Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Evil Duckess	I think the actual point of the article was not to give advice = p __________________

2nd February 2015, 07:47 AM	#215108 / #5
nostrum I do stuff	does the article confirm what you already know? __________________ I thought I was in a bad mood but it's been a few years so I think this is who I am now

2nd February 2015, 11:27 AM	#215114 / #8
spruce redolent needling balm Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Appalachia, CSA	Australian Iocane Powder? __________________ :spruce: "She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside 'er." - MSG (of diva) *** ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ *** I smell the STANK OF DEF!

2nd February 2015, 12:49 PM	#215122 / #13
gib concerned third party Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Jilted John	For generations my family has believed that confirmation bias is NOT genetic, so it'll take more than some dumb article to change my mind __________________ communicating my inner something since 2017

2nd February 2015, 08:03 AM	#215109 / #6
Hermit Innocent bystander	Yes. It did. That's why I rejected the advice.

2nd February 2015, 11:29 AM	#215116 / #9
MSG Ol' Zipperlaig Read my posts with the following stupid accent: N?yfb	Giving advice is absolutely a bad idea. You should charge for it, like I do for a living...

3rd February 2015, 03:51 PM	#215288 / #15
Zeluvia Send Cash or Drugs Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Evil Duckess	__________________

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