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  1. @Njoerdr

    Genau das ist der Punkt in fossilen Konzernmedien ✅🔥 - aber leider auch in jeder anderen Medienblase.

    Wir alle (!) neigen dazu, Medien & Personen zu bevorzugen, die unsere vorgefassten Meinungen bestätigen und kognitive Dissonanz abwehren. Diese psychologische Tendenz nennt sich Confirmation Bias, deutsch Bestätigungsfehler.

    Und, ja, der kickt sogar auch hier auf Mastodon…

    #Psychologie #Medien #Medienpsychologie #Konzernmedien #Fossilismus #Solarboom #ConfirmationBias #Bestätigungsfehler

    digitalcourage.social/@BlumeEv

  2. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #agitprop #belief #confirmation #confirmationbias #conviction #disinformation #fear #ideas #justification #opinion #passion #predisposition #prejudice #propaganda #reinforcement #truebeliever

  3. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

       “You don’t seem to give much thought to the matter in hand,” I said at last, interrupting Holmes’s musical disquisition.
       “No data yet,” he answered. “It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgement.”

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1886-04), “A Study in Scarlet,” Part 1, ch. 3, Beeton’s Christmas Annual, Vol. 28 (1887-11-21)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes #holmes #sherlock #conclusion #consideration #data #evidence #hypothesis #insufficientdata #theory #thought #proof #confirmationbias #prematureconclusion

  4. In the last few months, I have felt , , , behind and planless. But, couple of days ago I stopped drinking big mugs of daily. I think I am doing better. More sleepy during the day, sure. Bursty work efficiency, deep work and flow, but that's as usual. Quick googling suggests there isn't a link between and though, so may be .