tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post5375424234225504736..comments2024-01-25T13:46:11.967-06:00Comments on The Bronze Blog: Let's Poke a Troll! #1Ryan Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-4851038055392836362009-05-05T09:00:00.000-05:002009-05-05T09:00:00.000-05:00O, cru-el fate, that we should be hoist by our own...O, cru-el fate, that we should be hoist by our own petard.<br /><br />Hee hee.<br /><br />But yeah, by that interpretation (the denotationally correct one, as opposed to "like that other thing, except we don't like it"), only very confused people would exhibit "disconfirmation bias".<br /><br />Firefox thinks that "disconfirmation" isn't a word. Since I've no clue how one would "disconfirm" something, I'm actually inclined to agree.MWchasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195851187187771113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-39857039189941574412009-05-05T08:50:00.000-05:002009-05-05T08:50:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.MWchasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195851187187771113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-23176391301805802532009-05-05T07:31:00.000-05:002009-05-05T07:31:00.000-05:00I think what they're trying to do is use "skeptica...I think what they're trying to do is use "skeptical language" to break out the old "You wouldn't change your mind if there <I>was</I> evidence!" gambit.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661441668625677468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-5711613111440686962009-05-05T07:14:00.000-05:002009-05-05T07:14:00.000-05:00Hang on a minute - what they're calling "disconfir...Hang on a minute - what they're calling "disconfirmation bias" is actually just good old confirmation bias - the tendency to accept or reject information depending on whether it conforms to your current beliefs. Disconfirmation bias would be a bias to accept information which <I>disconfirms</I> your current beliefs, or to reject information which supports them.<br /><br />Even when they're playing psychobabble semantic games, they can't get it right.Duncnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-44093292257632634002009-05-05T05:50:00.000-05:002009-05-05T05:50:00.000-05:00I really want to see the disconfirmation bias that...I really want to see the disconfirmation bias that could produce QM. Without any of the observational evidence to back it up, you would frankly be <I>insane</I> for positing that the world works the way it actually does.<br /><br />(More mildly, disconfirmation bias should have prevented us from ever getting that far. Conventional wisdom was the the Poisson spot wouldn't exist, because the idea sounds ridiculous: block light with a disc, and you get a spot of light in the center of the shadow.)MWchasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195851187187771113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-76365773676678439422009-05-05T01:55:00.000-05:002009-05-05T01:55:00.000-05:00They're so clever! They're being skeptical...of th...They're so clever! They're being skeptical...<I>of the skeptics!</I>I want to vomit whenever I hear that one.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661441668625677468noreply@blogger.com