Emma and Mr Elton and confirmation bias

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Emma and Mr Elton and confirmation bias Written by Lauren Ashley (3/3/2011 7:01 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, had such an infinity of applications, penned by Stephanie

The tendency to pick a desired outcome and see only supporting evidence whilst discounting, ignoring or otherwise turning a blind eye to disconfirming evidence is in fact a well known cognitive bias called confirmation bias- I love that Jane Austen was such an excellent observer that she came up with cognitive psychological concepts before there was cognitive psychology...only now I can't find that great quote from one of the JA novels...

It is along the lines of "once a mind fixes on an idea it calls all circumstacnes to confirm it"

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had such an infinity of applications Stephanie (3/2/2011 10:50 p.m.)

To be fair to Mr Elton Kathleen Glancy (3/3/2011 3:39 p.m.)
- more disgraced by mis-judgment Stephanie (3/4/2011 12:20 a.m.)
  - Please stop making me defend a man I dislike Kathleen Glancy (3/4/2011 3:22 p.m.)
    - Nobody ever did think well of the Eltons, I fancy Tarn (3/9/2011 10:18 a.m.)
      - Sissified Perhaps Robbin (3/14/2011 12:52 a.m.)
      - Mr Elton StephenB (3/12/2011 6:26 p.m.)
      - Good Catch nfm BarbaraB (3/9/2011 1:05 p.m.)
    - certainly have thought [I] judged ill Stephanie (3/5/2011 7:35 p.m.)
  - IMO it was Emma's vanity.... Reeba (3/4/2011 5:47 a.m.)
    - And it was Mr. Elton's vanity... Delories (3/4/2011 6:11 a.m.)
Emma and Mr Elton and confirmation bias Lauren Ashley (3/3/2011 7:01 a.m.)
- Selective blindness on both sides! Erica M. (3/4/2011 10:05 a.m.)
- Or..."don't confuse me with facts; my mind is made up" jeffrey (3/3/2011 3:03 p.m.)
  - LOL, now that's getting down to the real nitty gritty nfm BarbaraB (3/3/2011 4:56 p.m.)

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