Confirmation bias is the tendency to find evidence to support what one believes. It is a syndrome that is naturally common to mankind. In order to achieve safety and sustainability there may need to be complete changes of thought. For sure new paradigms must be embraced. The effect can be exhibited in ways that lead us down the wrong path.
There is a song that seemed to have some lyrics that did not make sense. I did not recognize the singer's voice. For some time I have periodically searched for the lyrics. I looked for "no stop and go love," "no stop and go love in your heart." I found nothing and was baffled.
I decided to contact the radio station that frequently plays the song. They asked me when I last heard the song so they could search the log. Coincidentally I had been at a drive up ATM when I last heard it and had the receipt with the time on it. The song was "No Stopping Your Heart" by Marie Osmond. The reason that I could not find the lyrics was that I was looking for "no stop and go" when I should have been looking for "no stopping no." Confirmation bias did not allow me to think that the reason I could not find it was because it did not exist as I thought it to be. I was encouraged in my wrong thinking when I discovered that others had been searching for the same thing as me and were asking on answer websites such as ask.com to no avail.
While the search tool was reliable I was also believing in the search terms. Results were nil. I did not consider that my own hearing had been faulty.
David Sneed
There is a song that seemed to have some lyrics that did not make sense. I did not recognize the singer's voice. For some time I have periodically searched for the lyrics. I looked for "no stop and go love," "no stop and go love in your heart." I found nothing and was baffled.
I decided to contact the radio station that frequently plays the song. They asked me when I last heard the song so they could search the log. Coincidentally I had been at a drive up ATM when I last heard it and had the receipt with the time on it. The song was "No Stopping Your Heart" by Marie Osmond. The reason that I could not find the lyrics was that I was looking for "no stop and go" when I should have been looking for "no stopping no." Confirmation bias did not allow me to think that the reason I could not find it was because it did not exist as I thought it to be. I was encouraged in my wrong thinking when I discovered that others had been searching for the same thing as me and were asking on answer websites such as ask.com to no avail.
While the search tool was reliable I was also believing in the search terms. Results were nil. I did not consider that my own hearing had been faulty.
David Sneed
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