Pubfustication

C-J Columnist Bob Hill provides today's gem, a followup to an earlier column. It's a bit academic in tone, but I believe it should be required reading for the discerning visitors to this blog.

Here's a key passage: One of these tendencies is termed "belief preservation," or the tendency to make evidence subservient to belief, rather than the other way around.

That's a major distinctive one needs to keep in mind when reading the newspaper, watching a news show, or reading a blog. Seek out those who form their opinions from the evidence. That's good advice for you, too, Pandora.

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