From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9546 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, August 19 2022 Volume 14 : Number 9546 Today's Subjects: ----------------- BONUS: $100 TEXAS ROADHOUSE Gift Card Opportunity ["Texas Roadhouse Shopp] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 22:01:58 -0400 From: "Texas Roadhouse Shopper Feedback" Subject: BONUS: $100 TEXAS ROADHOUSE Gift Card Opportunity BONUS: $100 TEXAS ROADHOUSE Gift Card Opportunity http://claiminxd.sa.com/ZPSXMFI5g-p7WPOZSCOMRnL3CDkw6oKuZTeHPIZf8gwPw2x_OQ http://claiminxd.sa.com/5ZQ7TSK-uBvKxFqvyzT7fzhlopVafhO1UfVhqU0Jy_oS9QYm0g n beliefs persist after the evidence for them is shown to be false) the irrational primacy effect (a greater reliance on information encountered early in a series) illusory correlation (when people falsely perceive an association between two events or situations). A series of psychological experiments in the 1960s suggested that people are biased toward confirming their existing beliefs. Later work re-interpreted these results as a tendency to test ideas in a one-sided way, focusing on one possibility and ignoring alternatives. In general, current explanations for the observed biases reveal the limited human capacity to process the complete set of information available, leading to a failure to investigate in a neutral, scientific way. Flawed decisions due to confirmation bias have been found in political, organizational, financial and scientific contexts. These biases contribute to overconfidence in personal beliefs and can maintain or strengthen beliefs in the face of contrary evidence. For example, confirmation bias produces systematic errors in scientific research based on inductive reasoning (the gradual accumulation of supportive evidence). Similarly, a police detective may identify a suspect early in an investigation, but then may only seek confirming rather than disconfirming evidence. A medical practitioner may prematurely focus on a par ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9546 **********************************************