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"People believe in information that confirms their priors. In fact, if you present them with data that contradicts their beliefs, they will double down on their beliefs rather than integrate the new knowledge into their understanding. " Blog post.

Confirmation Bias, "the illusion of explanatory depth," and "borderlessness" all help explain why this is so hard. "[They see] a little candle for a dark world. If we—or our friends or the pundits on CNN—spent less time pontificating and more trying to work through the implications of policy proposals, we’d realize how clueless we are and moderate our views."

Leary defines intellectual humility as "recognizing that a particular personal belief may be fallible." This article further defines IH, its features, and its effects.

Mcintyre covers bias, the history of news and the emergence of partisan media.

Higdon offers examples of government disinformation, how our biases make it hard to change our minds, the history of propaganda. An academic treatment that summarizes what we know so far.

A graphic novella by The Oatmeal explaining why we find it so hard to change our minds: The Backfire Effect.
Note the list of "Inspirations" at the end, for more on this.

To fight the Filter Bubble in your own life, download this Chrome extension for searching the web without building up your own bias.

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