My Newsfeed is Polarized! So I pause to Philosophize! #OTR #ShySpeaks Attitude polarization, aka belief polarization, is a phenomenon in which a disagreement becomes more extreme as the different parties consider evidence on the issue. It is one of the effects of confirmation bias: the tendency of people to search for and interpret evidence SELECTIVELY, to reinforce their current beliefs or attitudes When people encounter ambiguous evidence, this bias can potentially result in each of them interpreting it as in support of their existing attitudes, widening rather than narrowing the disagreement between them.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:00:14 +0000
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