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3 kinds of bias that shape your worldview

J. Marshall Shepherd · TED

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About

What shapes our perceptions (and misperceptions) about science? In an eye-opening talk, meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd explains how confirmation bias, the Dunning-Kruger effect and cognitive dissonance impact what we think we know -- and shares ideas for how we can replace them with something much more powerful: knowledge.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxUGA
Speaker
J. Marshall Shepherd
Year
2018
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment, Psychology and the brain
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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