So if you are stranded on an island with no one else, reason is pointless? I don't think so.... I think the so called confirmation "bias" comes from the fact that the primary mode of reasoning is induction not deduction. The implicit goal of the confirmation bias is to identify the causal connections that will convert a probable conclusion to a certain conclusion. For the Humean skeptics in the audience, yes, the sun will rise tomorrow and we know it. The authors of this study should learn a little epistemology before spouting epistemological theories.
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So if you are stranded on an island with no one else, reason is pointless? I don't think so.... I think the so called confirmation "bias" comes from the fact that the primary mode of reasoning is induction not deduction. The implicit goal of the confirmation bias is to identify the causal connections that will convert a probable conclusion to a certain conclusion. For the Humean skeptics in the audience, yes, the sun will rise tomorrow and we know it. The authors of this study should learn a little epistemology before spouting epistemological theories.