helemon
4th August 2005, 09:48 PM
From Ed Hutchins Cognition in the Wild (1995)
"It is clear that a megamind such as that described by Asimov would be more prone to confirmation bias than any individual mind. It might be a mind that would rush into interpretations and that, once it had lodged in an interpretation, would manifest an absolutely incorrigible confirmation bias."p.254
"Some institutions cannot easily tolerate situations in which the group does not reach a consensus about which interpretation shall be taken as a representation of reality. In some settings it is essential that all members of the group behave as though some things are true and others are false, even if some of the members have reservations about the solutiond decided upon."p.256
"It is clear that a megamind such as that described by Asimov would be more prone to confirmation bias than any individual mind. It might be a mind that would rush into interpretations and that, once it had lodged in an interpretation, would manifest an absolutely incorrigible confirmation bias."p.254
"Some institutions cannot easily tolerate situations in which the group does not reach a consensus about which interpretation shall be taken as a representation of reality. In some settings it is essential that all members of the group behave as though some things are true and others are false, even if some of the members have reservations about the solutiond decided upon."p.256