Thread: Edward Snowden and his stay in Russia

Originally Posted by Crocodile

...And the mind of all people (I'm serious, no exceptions) interprets all events in a way which would support their previous beliefs. The perception is the reality....

Disagree. This is like confirmation bias. It is not universal.
Certainly there are 'world view' and 'buzzword thinking' people. But there are also evidence based people. "I don't know what this data is telling me. Collect more data." "Do we have any verification." In this set belongs the development of active predictive capabilities resulting from distillations of data, evidence etc. And so included is an appreciation of error measurement, "the theory is only as good as its predictive ability." Iterate, more data, refine theory/model or whatever.

Modal thinking or modes of thought. Critical thinking vs fantasy, buzzword thinking, etc. Fix car with critical thinking/evidence based thought.

There isn't any doubt to me that many people do have this "the perception is the reality" kind of mind set. But it doesn't apply to all the activities of everyone's minds.

Originally Posted by Seraph

There isn't any doubt to me that many people do have this "the perception is the reality" kind of mind set. But it doesn't apply to all the activities of everyone's minds.

Ok, I wouldn't insist. I agree, what I said is a confirmation bias and as such it cannot be true by definition.