I saw a news item a few years ago. A group of miners where trapped. The familes were told (wrongly) that all the miners had survived.
Cue all the relatives 'thanking god' etc.
Only to be told five minutes later that, in fact, all the miners were dead.
At this news they just all went quiet.
Using their own logic they should have blamed god but didnt, at least not right away.
A typical example of 'confirmation bias'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
Cue all the relatives 'thanking god' etc.
Only to be told five minutes later that, in fact, all the miners were dead.
At this news they just all went quiet.
Using their own logic they should have blamed god but didnt, at least not right away.
A typical example of 'confirmation bias'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
