by admin@atlantislearning.net | Nov 15, 2014 | Building Consensus, Confirmation Bias, Motivated Reasoning
The Learning Community is always interested in what causes some to refuse to learn. A recent study on this subject by Troy Campbell and Aaron Kay of Duke University adds an intriguing new idea to the mix: “solution aversion.” Motivated Reasoning is something the...
by admin@atlantislearning.net | Aug 3, 2014 | Building Consensus, Confirmation Bias, Information Analysis, Leadership
Bill Maher asked this question, “Do you think social media made us bigger assholes, or we were bigger assholes and it just exposed us as being that?” Maher posed the question to Nerdist Industries CEO, and host of @Midnight on Comedy Central, Chris...
by admin@atlantislearning.net | Jul 27, 2014 | Building Consensus, Confirmation Bias, Education Systems
A interesting post from the Religion New Service (RNS) about the “Edit Wars” on the Religious Pages of Wikipedia clearly demonstrate the difficulty to Building Consensus. But, there is a solution. Clearly identify what are facts and what are conclusions....
by admin@atlantislearning.net | Jul 8, 2014 | Confirmation Bias, Information Analysis
Someone, most probably a Creationist, at the Henry Grady High School in Atlanta tried to use a cartoon in a freshman biology class that showed evolution, humanism, homosexuality, pornography, racism, euthanasia, divorce and abortion as the work of Satan and at war...
