Re:Donald Trump Won Because of Facebook
by cheald on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:05PM
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> This election isn't Facebook's fault as much as humans' desire to believe what they want to believe.
I like to say that humans are very efficient bias confirmation machines.
Of course, I may now just be saying this because your comment confirms my bias that humans are bias confirmation machines.
Objectivity - true objectivity - is incredibly hard, and most people are deluding themselves if they think they're anything approximating objective (and I count myself in that number!), IMO. I want to believe that I'm objective, but my observation that just about nobody else seems to be very objective suggests that I'm not, either.
I like to say that humans are very efficient bias confirmation machines.
Of course, I may now just be saying this because your comment confirms my bias that humans are bias confirmation machines.
Objectivity - true objectivity - is incredibly hard, and most people are deluding themselves if they think they're anything approximating objective (and I count myself in that number!), IMO. I want to believe that I'm objective, but my observation that just about nobody else seems to be very objective suggests that I'm not, either.