100 percent this. Another way of putting it is to say that in general, we arrive at opinions and then use our intellectual faculties to reason ourselves into justifying them.
It’s exactly the opposite of how we intuitively think about how we arrive at our positions.
Everyone does it. I do it, you do it, we all do it. What’s important is that some of us are more aware of it than others.
It’s also true that the scientific method is a self-correcting system that accounts for this.
100 percent this. Another way of putting it is to say that in general, we arrive at opinions and then use our intellectual faculties to reason ourselves into justifying them.
It’s exactly the opposite of how we intuitively think about how we arrive at our positions.
Everyone does it. I do it, you do it, we all do it. What’s important is that some of us are more aware of it than others.
It’s also true that the scientific method is a self-correcting system that accounts for this.