Duke — “We might think of ourselves as open-minded and…”

Source: Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts — Annie Duke

Book page: duke-thinking-in-bets-part-1

From: Thinking in Bets — Quotes

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We might think of ourselves as open-minded and capable of updating our beliefs based on new information, but the research conclusively shows otherwise. Instead of altering our beliefs to fit new information, we do the opposite, altering our interpretation of that information to fit our beliefs.