One thing is certain: the Planned Parenthood shooting is an example of what psychologists call “confirmation bias,” which is when a person interprets new facts to reinforce or confirm things he or she already believes.
This is an example of confirmation bias because people use events like this shooting to confirm their beliefs about gun control and abortion.
Nyhan says that’s because when it comes to politics, there’s a weak incentive to hold accurate political views, which means people tend to feel strongly about their political views but don’t really care whether they are factually correct.
I think this is very true. People who are blindly angry tend to argue their own emotions and what they perceive to be correct instead of using facts. People also need to thoroughly understand both sides of a topic before stating one's own opinion.
Chairman of the House Committee of Homeland Security Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Sunday he wasn’t quite sure the attack counted as terrorism.
This is amusing because i thought it was funny. A very random person unsure of what happened and unsure if terrorism was involved.
This is a stupid and meaningless statement that makes fun of federal representatives
ut we know very little about what motivated the alleged shooter to open fire
why can't we ask him?
Nyhan says that’s because when it comes to politics, there’s a weak incentive to hold accurate political views, which means people tend to feel strongly about their political views but don’t really care whether they are factually correct.
I definitely agree with this quote. A lot of people are influenced with the people around them, especially if they are registered in a political party. Political parties have different opinions on certain topics, which gives a lot of insight to their people. But then sometimes these opinions are inaccurate, but are still believed to be right by their members.
Of course, defenders of Planned Parenthood are right to point out that the attack comes after months of passionate anti-abortion rhetoric following the release of doctored videos in which Planned Parenthood officials appeared to sell body parts from aborted fetuses (multiple state investigations have not found wrongdoing by the organization.)
That is weird.
Rorscharch test.
A Rorschach test is distinguishable inkblots. This connection has not understanding and is meaningless on a quote like this. Unappropriated use
This shooting is the perfect storm of 2016 politics. It touches almost every political nerve– from abortion to gun rights to Congressional funding to terrorism– and reminds us just how divided the country really is. And if the early reactions are any indication, that’s not changing anytime soon.
It looks interesting to me and I strongly agree with what the author says.
One thing is certain: the Planned Parenthood shooting is an example of what psychologists call “confirmation bias,” which is when a person interprets new facts to reinforce or confirm things he or she already believes.
How is this an example of confirmation bias?
How can so many Americans have exactly opposite interpretations of what happened?
There is no reason anybody should defend the shooter by saying he was mentally didturbed
*think this looks interesting in me.The “easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them,”
So true
alleged shooter Robert Louis Dear muttered something about “baby parts” when he was arrested
Was the shooter motivated by anti-abortion rhetoric or was he just violent and mentally ill? Is he a domestic terrorist enabled by loose gun laws or a disturbed loner without a political agenda? Was this a fluke tragedy, or the inevitable culmination of months of animosity towards Planned Parenthood?
good questions. Was it about the politics of the situation or was it violently planned?
This shooting is all of the above, and none of the above, and something else entirely: a powerful reminder of just how polarized the country is on issues like abortion, gun control, and terrorism. “People will apply the arguments that are most familiar to them,” says Brendan Nyhan, an assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College who studies confirmation bias. “We’re going to get this odd mixture of different responses and competing interpretations—is this a mass shooting event, is this an anti-abortion event, is this a domestic terrorism event?”
One thing is certain: the Planned Parenthood shooting is an example of what psychologists call “confirmation bias,” which is when a person interprets new facts to reinforce or confirm things he or she already believes.
can this info really reinforce these beliefs?
This shooting is the perfect storm of 2016 politics. It touches almost every political nerve– from abortion to gun rights to Congressional funding to terrorism– and reminds us just how divided the country really is.
Nowadays, shootings are common. Many people have different views when it comes to safety control with guns. Our nation has become divided on views and cannot agree on one view without an argument.
there’s a weak incentive to hold accurate political views, which means people tend to feel strongly about their political views but don’t really care whether they are factually correct.
people argue and feel strongly about their own views, not what is politically correct. sometimes people can blindy argue their opinion.
I think that he was anti-abortion but it was an excuse to have a mass shooting event
It touches almost every political nerve– from abortion to gun rights to Congressional funding to terrorism– and reminds us just how divided the country really is.
This is so true since we are very divided with our thoughts
Planned Parenthood
test*
do i care
And anti-abortion conservatives, including Republican presidential candidates, are also right when they say that Dear is likely mentally ill, and that there’s not yet enough evidence to definitively conclude that the shooting was an act of domestic terrorism with an explicitly anti-abortion agenda.
these republican candidates most likely say this because they want to protect pro gun rights, most republicans are pro gun.
is this a mass shooting event, is this an anti-abortion event, is this a domestic terrorism event?”
isn't it all three?
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shock especially cause cococa is very common