@fmf saidWhen you believe (as I do) that the Holy Bible is the inerrant, infallible and immutable Word of God, you realize that a human’s pea brain is not capable of discerning what is true or false and therefore your claim of “confirmation bias” sails right out the window.
In matters relating to the spiritual and/or religious beliefs ~ or the absence of such beliefs ~ what steps do posters here actively take to avoid or counteract confirmation bias, if any?
Put in more understandable terms, your idea of “confirmation bias” assumes the truth can be known by the pea brain of humans, and that just ain’t the case.
Therefore, your OP is fatally flawed.
@pb1022 saidThat’s what’s “pseudo-intellectual” about the OP.
When you believe (as I do) that the Holy Bible is the inerrant, infallible and immutable Word of God, you realize that a human’s pea brain is not capable of discerning what is true or false and therefore your claim of “confirmation bias” sails right out the window.
Put in more understandable terms, your idea of “confirmation bias” assumes the truth can be known by the pea brain of humans, and that just ain’t the case.
Therefore, your OP is fatally flawed.
@suzianne saidAn example of a so-called 'echo chamber' would be a readers' comments section on a right-wing blog where non-right-wing comments were routinely deleted. Or, a WhatsApp chat group for supporters of a certain religious faction or sect where dissenters' memberships are revoked if they 'don't fit' in terms of the ideology espoused. Another thing, adjacent to the 'echo chamber' effect, would be where an atheist only reads books about atheism.
But then I don't usually participate in anything called an "echo chamber" if I can avoid it.
@pb1022 saidYou just cut off your own legs.
... you realize that a human’s pea brain is not capable of discerning what is true or false and therefore your claim of “confirmation bias” sails right out the window.
By your own logic, you should not make any truth claims here. Your 'pea brain' doesn't permit it. 🙂
