MOC: [[Critical Thinking]] On the confirmation bias see Ahrens 2017, p. 77. *** We human tend to look for arguments, materials and even people who will confirm and validate our existing beliefs. It's very hard to fight the confirmation bias, it requires to deliberately look for contrarian information. For example, one could: - Read books with theories opposites to their beliefs. - Read newspaper from opposite political side. - Meet people from a radically different cultures, though travel or simply meetups.