> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
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> It's just an obscure feeling or encountering of information about someone, and then I
> encounter information about their passing.
That is *exactly* confirmation bias.
You 'think' about XYZ. Then something *anything* can happen that is tangentially related to XYZ.
I watched a video with Ali in it a couple of weeks ago. Does that mean I am able to see the future? No. It means I was looking at something with him in it. It is purely a coincidence.
I am thinking of buying a particular car. I now see that model car everywhere and oddly in the opposite color I wanted. Does that mean anything? No. It just means I am more keyed up on buying that thing and see that thing. When normally I would just look over it. Our minds have an amazing ability to filter out things that are not relevant. Yet they also key in on things that we are thinking about. They will then try to make connections that do not exist. As everything must make some sort of sense.
You are even self reaffirming that you have these abilities.
I can even make a prediction here based on what the actual science tells us about confirmation bias. You will now dig in deeper. You will attempt to prove it in some way. You are not changing our minds on this. You are only trying to prove it to yourself that you are right. Confirmation bias is a strong thing. Look out for it. It can cause you to make many decisions in life and then double down on them right or wrong. Beware of this tool. It is a powerful mental tool used by salesmen to sell you things. If others know it about it you they can use it to manipulate you.
CGP Grey just came out with a video on how our minds do this. Watch the guy make up a story for being handed a rubrics cube. We assume everything we do is logical and makes sense. We then create a narrative that fits that which may or may not be true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYbgdo8e-8
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