Chronos comments on Intuitive differences: when to agree to disagree - Less Wrong
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Disappointing, but true. If humans were perfect Bayesians the order of presentation wouldn't matter, but instead our biases kick in and skew the evidence as it arrives.
Edit: Ah, I see you already mentioned confirmation bias versus competent updating.