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Established personal bias heavily influences how human beings act. People's decisions and opinions seem to be at least partially based upon a consistent and unconscious tendency to notice and assign significance to observations that confirm existing beliefs whilst filtering out and rationalizing observations that do not confirm pre-existing beliefs. This is a well-established concept within the scientific literature known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias].<ref>Confirmation bias: A ubiquitous phenomenon in many guises | Established personal bias heavily influences how human beings act. People's decisions and opinions seem to be at least partially based upon a consistent and unconscious tendency to notice and assign significance to observations that confirm existing beliefs whilst filtering out and rationalizing observations that do not confirm pre-existing beliefs. This is a well-established concept within the scientific literature known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias].<ref>Nickerson, R. S. (1998). Confirmation bias: A ubiquitous phenomenon in many guises. Review of General Psychology, 2(2), 175-220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.2.2.175</ref><ref>What is confirmation bias (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-choice/201504/what-is-confirmation-bias</ref><ref>Confirmation bias (sciencedaily) | https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/confirmation_bias.htm</ref> Confirmation bias affects everyone's thoughts to a varying degree, but its effects are significantly stronger in the case of emotionally charged issues and deeply entrenched cultural beliefs. | ||
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Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schema_%28psychology%29 Schema (psychology)] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schema_%28psychology%29 Schema (psychology)] | ||
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