(January 2, 2016 at 4:06 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(January 2, 2016 at 2:19 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: A perfect example of your ignorance. I tell you cognitive bias plays a role and because you only know about the operation of a few cognitive biases, and particularly confirmation bias, you exclaim that cognitive bias can't explain it, therefore dark forces is a better explanation. There are hundreds of cognitive biases and tricks the mind plays on itself. That you think 'confirmation bias' represents the whole field is simply ignorance. And as pointed out in another thread, concluding 'magic' because you personally aren't smart enough to explain it is an argument from ignorance. You're making judgements about cognitive bias and human psychology which you are not competent to be making.
You are right, I will have to look more into cognitive bias.
Yes you do need to understand what that means and why it is not a good idea to ignore your own bias. Now again, we don't just argue conformation bias or "cognitive bias" bias with Muslims, we do that with every religion, not just you and not just your book. Hopefully you will see like many here did when we once believed, all we were really doing was looking for excuses to believe.
