Matt Ridley: When Bad Theories Happen to Good Scientists

The origin of our tendency to confirmation bias is fairly obvious. Our brains were not built to find the truth but to make pragmatic judgments, check them cheaply and win arguments, whether we are in the right or in the wrong.
Matt Ridley: When Bad Theories Happen to Good Scientists

"I assure you, there is very excellent services committed at the bridge."
- Fluellen, Henry V