Confirmation bias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a phenomenom that has affected studies being run by Ph.D. scientists. It is a very strong force which must be accounted for with intense introspection, passionate objectivity, and most importantly....sound methodology.
One excerpt from the wiki article:
“Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking while you're thinking in order to make your thinking better.”
Solution?
Search through as much relevant information against your hypothesis as you are for your hypothesis. Analyse with an objective mindset.
There is only one correct way to analyse information. And that is the neutral and boring way....the scientific way. It is slow and you will rarely find anything revolutionary. But that's another problem. We need to stop trying to find revolutionary answers all the time. Our progress in understanding has typically been one of incremental progress, often in increments so small it seems hardly like progress at all. But throughout our history as a species it has given us all of our successes with respect to understanding the world better.
