Bias, Curiousity and Education.

[Quid est Veritas?]

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160907-how-curiosity-can-protect-the-mind-from-bias

But smarter people shouldn’t be susceptible to prejudice swaying their opinions, right? Wrong. Other research shows that people with the most education, highest mathematical abilities, and the strongest tendencies to be reflective about their beliefs are the most likely to resist information which should contradict their prejudices. This undermines the simplistic assumption that prejudices are the result of too much gut instinct and not enough deep thought. Rather, people who have the facility for deeper thought about an issue can use those cognitive powers to justify what they already believe and find reasons to dismiss apparently contrary evidence.

Apparently if you are more curious then you somewhat lessen the innate human tendency to believe what we prefer instead of what evidence shows, but convincing others of views they disagree with is always an uphill battle.

 

[777Sloan]

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[AirPo]

These days, it seems education is mostly indoctrination.

Only to the indoctrinated.

 

[Belk]

These days, it seems education is mostly indoctrination.

"convincing others of views they disagree with is always an uphill battle"