confirmation bias
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 5, 2018 by Ben Thompson · across every show →
Everything said about confirmation bias, oldest first
Sep 5, 2018 neutral
Avoiding confirmation bias is far harder than generating new analysis
“I think from my perspective it's less the coming up with opinions that is difficult and more the, Trying to keep a very strong sort of guard up against like confirmation bias where, where things happen and, oh, that, that, that fits my view of the world. I'm, …”
Jun 1, 2021 negative
Holistic single-interviewer evaluations trigger confirmation bias and desirability bias
“We know that it's better to go up to three or four empirically. In too many cases also it's each interviewer's job to make an overall assessment of the candidate, which makes it too easy to decide you like someone, and then confirmation bias and desirability b…”
Jun 1, 2021
Pride in knowledge triggers confirmation bias and traps people in overconfidence
“The basic idea is we start by being proud of something that we think we know. And that leads us then to feel a lot of conviction. That kind of launches us into confirmation bias, where we look for information that confirms our expectations, as well as desirabi…”