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11 months ago

Reducing the backfire effect in others and yourself

Royce Shook · The backfire effect is a cognitive bias, meaning that you can use general debiasing techniques in order to counter it effectively. Such strategies include, for example, increasing people’s awareness of this bias, using simpler explanations, and changing the way you present inform ...

11 months ago

Why people experience the backfire effect

Royce Shook · People experience the backfire effect because of the process that they go through when they encounter information that contradicts their pre-existing beliefs. · Essentially, when a person encounters information which suggests that their current beliefs are wrong, they feel threat ...

1 year ago

Backfire effect

Royce Shook · In a perfectly rational world, people who encounter evidence that challenges their beliefs would first evaluate this evidence, and then adjust their beliefs accordingly. However, in reality, this is seldom the case. · Instead, when people encounter evidence that should cause them ...

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