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How to beat confirmation bias
We鈥檙e more likely to learn from evidence that conforms to what we already believe in. We are less likely to take in information that does not conform to what we believe. How can we get around this confirmation bias? Isabel Hardman explores the language of denial.
First broadcast on The Age of Denial, 14 March 2019.
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