Homers and Haters Beware! Confirmation Bias Exists!

[Zelc]

Confirmation Bias

In psychology and cognitive science, confirmation bias is a tendency to search for or interpret new information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions and avoids information and interpretations which contradict prior beliefs. It is a type of cognitive bias and represents an error of inductive inference, or as a form of selection bias toward confirmation of the hypothesis under study or disconfirmation of an alternative hypothesis.

I think I've seen a few cases around where this seems to have happened. Just keep in mind that confirmation bias exists and can influence your thoughts (*tinfoil*). Just because, say, a review is gloomy/glowy does not mean it's (un)biased.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

What's a "homer"? Are you implying that everyone who is a huge 4E fan is Homer Simpson? That seems a little unfair

 

[jaelis]

I think it's "homer sapiens."

 

[HeinorNY]

I'm definitely a homer.

 

[Mephistopheles]

This is precisely why I haven't signed on with either side of the Blood War.

 

[Zelc]

I thought homers were the super-optimistic fans of something, i.e. a sports team?

 

[Wormwood]

 

[PeelSeel2]

Confirmation Bias


I think I've seen a few cases around where this seems to have happened. Just keep in mind that confirmation bias exists and can influence your thoughts (*tinfoil*). Just because, say, a review is gloomy/glowy does not mean it's (un)biased.

You need psychobabble to tell you that reviews are biased according to the writers predisposition? Their is never an unbiased opinion.

 

[Zelc]

You need psychobabble to tell you that reviews are biased according to the writers predisposition? Their is never an unbiased opinion.

No, I've seen responses to reviews that looked like products of confirmation bias. For instance, people lauding one review as more credible than another because it fit better with their pre-existing views.

 

[Mephistopheles]

No, I've seen responses to reviews that looked like products of confirmation bias. For instance, people lauding one review as more credible than another because it fit better with their pre-existing views.

And just like the reviews those responses are opinions.