applicationbehavioural
Are you holding onto a belief simply because it fits comfortably with your other opinions?
It is easy to fall into coherentism, accepting new ideas just because they do not disrupt our current worldview. True critical thinking requires us to actively test our beliefs against hard, sometimes uncomfortable evidence.
Action
The next time you encounter a claim that matches your political or personal views, spend five minutes looking for reliable evidence that contradicts it.
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