http://lesswrong.com/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/ Sun, 31 May 2009 03:33:15 +1000 Submitted by <a href="http://lesswrong.com/user/patrissimo">patrissimo</a> &bull; 5 votes &bull; <a href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/#comments">3 comments</a> <div><p>A great piece from The Onion, inside the mind of someone arguing emotionally:&#xA0; <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/oh_no_its_making_well_reasoned">Oh, No! It's Making Well-Reasoned Arguments Backed With Facts! Run!</a></p> <p>Pure genius.</p></div> <a href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/#comments">3 comments</a> http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/rt7 http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/rt7 2009-06-01T09:45:19.783121+10:00 <div class="md"><p>Actually, I more highly recommend this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/special_boy_with_freakishly_large?utm_source=featuredsection" rel="nofollow">Boy with freakish brain wins spelling bee</a></p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/rsf http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/rsf 2009-05-31T18:49:06.548054+10:00 <div class="md"><p>the problem with this sort of thing is that no one ever thinks that they're the ones being irrational. things like confirmation bias in particular lead people to think that they're making well reasoned arguments backed with facts.</p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/rrd http://lesswrong.com/lw/zf/the_onion_goes_inside_the_biased_mind/rrd 2009-05-31T04:05:28.574862+10:00 <div class="md"><p>'tis a fine link, but you should just link, not reproduce the text of the article. Copyright issues, Google detecting spam blog issues. I've taken the liberty of editing, hope you don't mind.</p></div>