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Mystery of Confirmation Bias: The Black Swan Metaphor

Dive into the fascinating world of cognitive biases as we uncover the most common one: confirmation bias. In this article, we discuss an experiment inspired by the book “The Black Swan” by Nassim Taleb, which demonstrates how we often fail to investigate contrary evidence that could disprove our theories. Stay tuned to the end for the interesting video from Veritasium that illustrates this concept through a series of number-based challenges.

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