Why confirmation bias and polarization can be rational (Kevin Dorst)

Ongekend

Inhoud geleverd door Maarten van Doorn. Alle podcastinhoud, inclusief afleveringen, afbeeldingen en podcastbeschrijvingen, wordt rechtstreeks geüpload en geleverd door Maarten van Doorn of hun podcastplatformpartner. Als u denkt dat iemand uw auteursrechtelijk beschermde werk zonder uw toestemming gebruikt, kunt u het hier beschreven proces https://nl.player.fm/legal volgen.

2y ago 56:18

MP3•Thuis aflevering

Gearchiveerde serie ("Inactieve feed" status)

When? This feed was archived on October 26, 2023 10:08 (6M ago). Last successful fetch was on May 30, 2023 02:33 (11M ago)

Why? Inactieve feed status. Onze servers konden geen geldige podcast feed ononderbroken ophalen.

What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.

#15. Kevin Dorst has amazing theories on the rationality of human thinking.

Timeline
03:30 - You just believe that because...: people from different environments with different upbringings predictably develop different political beliefs
7:30 There's something problematic about the fact that you could've believe differently than you do now so easily (if I would have been born 100km to the north-east I probably would believe in God right now)
12:00 Why the fact that your beliefs will predictably move in a certain direction is often a sign you're being irrational
16:00 How ambigious evidence explains polarization
26:00 Why confirmation bias is rational
30:00 What really drives confirmation bias
38:00 Is it rational to be more critical of uncongenial evidence?
44:00 Recent studies (e.g. Anglin 2019) show polarization and belief perseverance to be rarer than previously thought
48:00 Standard normative models of rational belief and action are wrong about how rational people would think and act

Shownotes

Kevin Dorst: website, twitter
Maarten van Doorn: RU page, website, substack, twitter
Kevin's blog series on rational polarization.
Here's his 2021 academic paper.
Dorst (2020) - Confirmation Bias Is Rational
Anglin, S. M. (2019). Do beliefs yield to evidence? Examining belief perseverance vs. Change in response to congruent empirical findings. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 82, 176–199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.02.004

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

32 afleveringen

#Maatschappij #Maarten van Doorn #Cognitive Psychology #Philosophy #Post-truth #Technology #Fake News #Philosophy Of Science #Social Epistemology