Line #30 Quotes/ConfirmationBias


1	->'''''clappy humor:''' A style of humor in which actual humor content is irrelevant. Instead, the comedian makes cutting, witty remarks about a person, idea or movement to which both he and his audience are largely opposed, and the audience does not actually laugh, but instead applauds his wit. Clappy humor is only there to make a political point and to be clapped at; it is not supposed to be "funny" or joke-based, as mere jokes and laughter would be considered frivolous by both comedian and audience.''
2	-->--'''Website/UrbanDictionary''', "[[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clappy+humor clappy humor]]"
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4	-> ''Whoever peruses this essay should know that it states only Runeberg's conclusions, not his dialectic or his proof. Someone may observe that no doubt the conclusion preceded the "proofs". For who gives himself up to looking for proofs of something he does not believe in or the predication of which he does not care about?''
5	-->-- '''Creator/JorgeLuisBorges''', ''Three Versions of Judas''
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7	-> ''There seems to be a ton of athiests commenting here... I could be wrong, that's just what it looks like. I'm pretty sure, though, that no matter what either side has to say, their argument is just going to make those who agree with them happy, and nothing else. Nobody is going to be convinced there is or isn't a God in the comments section.''
8	-->--'''Kaelbu''' on [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19474_4-idiots-who-show-up-wherever-religion-discussed-online.html#ixzz2Pp31MLAy this]] ''{{Website/Cracked}}'' photomanipulation
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10	-> ''It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.''
11	-->--'''Literature/SherlockHolmes''', "A Scandal in Bohemia"
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13	-> ''If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.''
14	-->-- '''Proverb'''
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16	->''"We read a news article that supports what we believe, and we add it to the 'I'm right about this' column. News articles that contradict what we believe are dismissed. [[InsaneTrollLogic We make up a reason — maybe the source is part of the conspiracy from the other side or whatever it takes]] to make sure the 'I'm wrong about this' column remains empty.\
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18	"Researchers have done experiments where they hooked up people's brains to scanners and then made them read a story pointing out something stupid their favorite candidate said. The logical parts of the brain stayed quiet, while the emotional parts of the brain lit up. Their brains were weighing the story, not based on what it logically meant for their position, but on the emotional/social consequences of that position being wrong.\
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20	"''Then'', once the brain had decided that this news story being right would mean pain and humiliation for the reader, it told the logical part, 'Figure out a way to use your "logic" stuff to make this pain go away.' The next day, you probably heard those test subjects at the coffee shop going on and on about how biased the press is against their guy."''
21	-->--''Website/{{Cracked}}'', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19468_5-logical-fallacies-that-make-you-wrong-more-than-you-think.html 5 Logical Fallacies That Make You Wrong More Than You Think]] (this trope being one of them)
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23	->''"I agree: Pauline and her supporters should do their own research. If, by 'research', they mean 'carry out large scale observational studies and get them published in peer-reviewed academic journals'. By all means, replicate the study of all children born in Denmark between 1991 and 1998 that found no association between autism and the MMR vaccine. But if by 'research' you mean 'have a bit of a Google and cherrypick what confirms your biases', that is the ''opposite'' of science. And while you're cherrypicking on the Internet, remember that science brought you the Internet. And the cherrypicker!''"
24	-->--''Series/TheWeeklyWithCharliePickering'' host '''Charlie Pickering''', in response to Senator Pauline Hanson encouraging parents to do their own research about vaccinations.
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26	-> ''Such are promises''
27	-> ''All lies and jest''
28	-> ''Still, a man hears what he wants to hear''
29	-> ''And disregards the rest.''
30	-->-- '''Music/SimonAndGarfunkel''', "The Boxer"
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32	->'''Ahab''': Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?
33	->'''Jehosophat''': I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses. [But] inquire first for the word of the LORD.
34	->'''Ahab''' (after gathering selected prophets): Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?
35	->'''Prophets''': Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.
36	->'''Jehosophat''': Is there not another prophet of the LORD of whom we can inquire?
37	->'''Ahab''': There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, only evil.
38	-->-- '''[[Literature/BooksOfKings 1 Kings 22:4-8]]''' (English Standard Version)
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40	-> ''And you say the teacher never told you anything but white lies''
41	-> ''But you never see the lies that you believe...''
42	-->-- '''Music/ElvisCostello''', "New Lace Sleeves"
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44	->''I believe every word that man just said... because it's ''exactly'' what I wanted to hear.''
45	-->--'''Space Ghost''', ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast''
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47	-> ''What a fool believes he sees''
48	-> ''No wise man has the power to reason away...''
49	-->-- '''Music/TheDoobieBrothers''', "What a Fool Believes"
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51	->''What Series/AncientAliens really supports in segments like this is something that used to be extremely common but is now actively fought against, and that is 'Archeology with Motivation'. People used to say that archeologists around the world would hunt for the past with a pickaxe in one hand and a bible in the other, and because of that bias, a lot of the discoveries people made in the 21th century are now being questioned, and it's being asked if we lost key moments of history because experts have become obsessed with proving their own biases correct. You get a belief in god or a belief in an ancient alien race."''
52	-->--'''WebVideo/QuintonReviews''', ''The Decline of History Channel''
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54	->''"What I'm trying to say is that with a pool of data this huge, the moment you decide to start cherrypicking is the moment that you can build a case for whatever the flying fuck you want."''
55	-->-- '''Andrew Cunningham''', [[https://youtu.be/vx3JfFuKGXM "Everything About the NARRATOR in Deltarune Chapters 1-2"]]
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57	->[Koizumi Kyoko] swallowed. "I know," she said. "Um. It's j-just that... uh, I'm too big for the st-standard sizes. You know how these things n-never fit anyone. Even with the elastic waist."\
58	I stared at her blankly. The medium size fit me perfectly. I polled [[HiveMind the Network]]. My [[CloneArmy Sisters]] confirmed that the medium size also fit them perfectly, with [[TokenMiniMoe only one exception]]. Clearly Koizumi Kyoko was just extrapolating from her personal experiences and expanding them to everyone else. That is not very sensible of her. [[HypocriticalHumor It is a flaw in human mental processing, to assume that your own subjective experiences cover all possible options]].
59	-->-- ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind''
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61	->''"But while the Wall Street Journal isn't worried [about global warming and climate change], do you know who '''''is'''''? '''OVER 97%''' of climate scientists! That's pretty much fucking ALL OF THEM! So 97% of climate scientists say that they '''''are''''' worried about global warming, but the Wall Street Journal decides to side with those 3% who '''''aren't'''''. Hmmm...I don't know about you, right, but that seems to me like some pretty biased and somewhat dangerous reporting to me, don't you think?"''
62	-->--'''WebAnimation/GradeAUnderA''', ''How To Protest Online''
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