Confirmation Bias/consequences

Famous quotes containing the words confirmation, bias and/or consequences:

    “Trifles light as air
    Are to the jealous confirmation strong
    As proofs of holy writ.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation, and the credit of truth and honesty is as safe; nor have I any fear that a skeptical bias can be given by leaning hard on the sides of fate, of practical power, or of trade, which the doctrine of Faith cannot down-weigh.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.”
    —Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)