(January 2, 2016 at 1:27 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:Ok a non-Muslims studies Islam. Decides to become Muslim. Why would he read the Quran but not see the clarification of this issue if it was clarified? What bias does he have towards Sunnism when he doesn't come from that sect?(January 2, 2016 at 10:48 am)MysticKnight Wrote: They are part of the reasons and it would not make sense without them, as far as the Shia-Sunni issue goes, because of converts. Therefore bias is not sufficient as an explanation for it would not explain the decision of converts nor would it explain the blindness to many of the proofs that even most Shias are unaware of.
Yeah, this is complete poppycock. I've studied cognitive bias and what you speak of is well within its purview.
You're ignoring the perfectly good explanation because you don't know. Ignorance of the effects of bias =/= demons and dark forces.
How can confirmation bias play a role here?
Let's even go further. A Shia has confirmation bias to see his sect is right? Why would many read the Quran but not see the clarification of this issue in many of it's instances if it was clarified in those instances?
Either the issue is not clarified in those verses or this something else then bias going on.
