Confirmation Bias and Election Lessons

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11042020correct.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans   An economist has won the Nobel Prize in no small part for identifying the problem of “confirmation bias.”  Simply put, we tend to find evidence that confirms our bias, and are often unable to sort out the facts from our predilections.  We all do it, …

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An Old Mangy Dog Would Get My Vote

DC Politics National Politics

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08122020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville       How about that!  I almost called it for Kamala Harris, California’s Senator getting the Vice-President nod on the Democratic ticket for the November 3rd election.  She quickly makes history as the first Black woman on a major party ticket and the first person of Asian-American heritage …

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Betting on Who Won’t Make the Biden VP Choice

DC Politics National Politics

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08112020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     Since there’s still a Las Vegas, there is probably a betting line on the odds for various women being picked as Joe Biden’s choice to join him on the ticket as a candidate for vice-president.  Despite all of the arguments and soothsaying by the …

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