At the end of the day, we the people have to filter out all of the political dipshittery and judge every alleged scandal by the facts and merits. .
Originally Posted by lustylad
Yes that is wtf we are supposed to try and do but do we.......
http://www.jurybiasblog.com/2011/04/...they-wish.html
Are jurors influenced by what they wish to believe?
[FONT="]The preeminent social psychologist, Lee Ross, and his colleagues conducted an interesting experiment, recently published in
Psychological Science[1], demonstrating that the
evaluation of scientific evidence is shaped more by what a person desires to be true than what they initially believed to be true.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The study recruited subjects who believed that child home care was superior to day care. Half of the subject were conflicted about the issue and indicated that they intended to use day care for their children. The subjects were motivated to believe that day care was as good as home care. The un-conflicted group indicated that they intended to use only home care. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]The subjects were given two fictional studies. Half the subjects were led to believe study 1 favored day care and study 2 home care; the other half of the subjects were led to believe the opposite for studies 1 and 2. After reading the studies, the subjects evaluated which of the two studies provided more valid conclusions, listed the strengths and weaknesses and evaluated the persuasiveness of each study. The subjects’ last task was to evaluate which form of childcare would have a better effect on child development.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The results of the study dramatically showed subjects
were more persuaded by scientific evidence that confirmed what they wished to be true than what they initially believed to be true. Subjects who initially indicated that they intended to send their children to day care, even though they believed home care to be superior,
were unconsciously motivated to favor scientific evidence that was consistent with their desire to believe day care would not adversely affect their children. When these subjects were exposed to two studies reaching opposite conclusions, they shifted their belief from their initial position and concluded that home care was no better than day care. [/FONT]
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The un-conflicted subjects, those who intended to use home care, maintained their strong initial belief that home care was superior. The un-conflicted subject did not alter their initial belief even though they were exposed to a scientific study that was inconsistent with their belief and instead favored the study that confirmed their belief.