People seem to rarely admit they are wrong, especially on important issues. I tend to think the root cause of this problem is status preservation, not bias. See this. Confirmation bias exacerbates this when people try to flesh out a consistent worldview that incorporates the thing they couldn’t lose face by denying.
People seem to rarely admit they are wrong, especially on important issues. I tend to think the root cause of this problem is status preservation, not bias. See this. Confirmation bias exacerbates this when people try to flesh out a consistent worldview that incorporates the thing they couldn’t lose face by denying.