Confirmation bias — also called confirmatory bias or myside bias — is a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses regardless of whether the information is true.
The headlines regarding the behavior of two Orthodox rabbis bring to mind the importance of the confirmation bias idea, which comes from the fields of psychology and cognitive science. As the definition explains, you are likely more aware of one of the rabbi’s actions as opposed to the other, due to your preconceived ideas about Orthodox Judaism.
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