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JT45242

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6. Confirmation bias is also a part

Reply to mahina (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2024, 09:14 PM

Jan 2024

A lot of research on this over the years from Deana Kuhn and her associates.

It takes a ton of evidence to make people change ideas.

Also, if you look at the conceptual change researcher done by science educators, you almost always need a discrepant event that makes you dissatisfied with your current hypothesis/understanding of a phenomenon. [Great article by Posner et al https://staff.science.uva.nl/e.joling/vakdidactiek/documenten/posner.pdf on this]

Think of how many people think Reagan was a great President or a religious guy in spite of dumping previous wife for Nancy and nevr going to a church.