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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by donw on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @10:48AM (#24199245)
I hate to break it to you, but literally all of humanity does that, most of the time: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

This includes me. And you. And everybody else here.

Changing your mind is actually really hard.

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by ashtonkem on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @10:52AM (#24199325)
> I hate to break it to you, but literally all of humanity does that, most of the time

I'm not sure why you'd assume that you're breaking anything to me.

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by donw on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:08AM (#24207318)
Stating that "some participants are searching for arguments to validate pre-held beliefs and policy positions" is roughly akin to saying "some participants eat food and breathe air".

Confirmation bias is part of the human condition, and should be expected by default.

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