If you are reading this drivel because someone sent you this link:

This means that they probably thought you could benefit from an adjustment to your reality.

It is not whether you actually feel, think, believe, etc. that you “could” benefit or not, because:

All salient brains benefit by regularly adjusting perspectives.

What is Confirmation Bias?

It is when a brain loads additional value to what that brain already classifies as facts.

All brains have one simple thing in common: Patterns.

All brains work from a base fact and then confirms certain facts from time to time.

For example: If you think about the shape of the earth, whether it is a square, a circle, an ellipsoid, a triangle or any other shape:

If you believe the earth shape to be a square, you will place more weight on any proposed facts which support your current belief.

How do I overcome confirmation bias?

The most important single action for any brain is to be open to receiving information contrary to what that brain already believes to be fact.

It is challenging for a brain to confront itself, but you need to understand that it is not in the best interests for your brain to expand itself as this may mean that you need to also re-evaluate your own identity. This may seem petty, but confronting your core reality is not as simple as these few words may state.

The singular best way to overcome confirmation bias is: Do not be scared to think.

Just think: What if the earth is flat, what does that mean to my brain?

Then think: What if the earth is an ellipsoid, what does that mean for my brain?

Ask yourself some other valuable questions and do not be scared to use and expand your brain.

In the immortal words of Nelson Mandela: “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”