Confirmation bias

(See inauspicous reasoning, trend following and other keywords)

1. Confirmation bias 
   • We all filter evidence through our pre-existing assumptions and beliefs (see Fig. 1)
   • We tend to seek / interpret / prefer / recall information that endorses and sustains our belief system.
   • The language that we use is also likely to colour what we notice and see.
   • Apophenia is a type of confirmation bias
   • i.e. it is the tendency to find connections and meanings in events and things that, to others, are unrelated.