Month: March 2013

  • You remember only what confirms your assumptions

    You remember only what confirms your assumptions

    I was reading a book recently, Disciple of the Dog, and one sentence jumped out at me: “… you remember only what confirms your assumptions.”  I did a couple of searches and came across a fascinating article in Wikipedia entitled “Confirmation bias”. It explains much of what is behind the quote. Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias)…