On Topic: Creationism and Confirmation Bias
Ok, first off, Creationism is flat-out wrong. The closest to a decent argument it can make is that no one can know for certain what happened at the beginning of time, the Earth, and Man. And even that they usually get wrong because of an assumption that all theories deserve equal weighting.
But they're not stupid. Not in the conventional sense. They can perform complex tasks just like most any able bodied person. they possess, for the most part, basic reasoning skills.
So what makes the Creationist? The same thing that makes any partisan. They believe in confirmation bias the same as any. They select their sources and believe in their arguments and crowd out counterarguments. Not altogether different than a cult.
Of course to me there's several political ideologies akin to Creationism. Though unlike Creationism they enjoy modern widespread popularity. But the issue is still confirmation bias. How do you overcome it?
But they're not stupid. Not in the conventional sense. They can perform complex tasks just like most any able bodied person. they possess, for the most part, basic reasoning skills.
So what makes the Creationist? The same thing that makes any partisan. They believe in confirmation bias the same as any. They select their sources and believe in their arguments and crowd out counterarguments. Not altogether different than a cult.
Of course to me there's several political ideologies akin to Creationism. Though unlike Creationism they enjoy modern widespread popularity. But the issue is still confirmation bias. How do you overcome it?