Imagine that you have tried to reach a friend with whom you have an ambivalent relationship by phone or email, leaving messages, yet receiving no call in return. In a situation like this, it is easy ...

People have a tendency to interpret new facts as being consistent with their strongly held beliefs. This propensity, known as confirmation bias, is well known. What is not generally appreciated, ...

Debates are no longer limited to politicians, high school clubs and awkward Thanksgiving conversations. You probably know we just stated the very obvious unless you've gone sans social media for the ...

Confirmation bias in investing can lead to skewed decision-making and missed opportunities. It is a kind of cognitive bias that occurs when investors favor information that supports their existing ...

Confirmation bias can sabotage product development. When product teams form a hypothesis about what users want, they start filtering all incoming information through that lens and ignoring or ...

So, setting the whole immigrants stealing and eating Fluffy and Fido aside, I gotta ask: Which pet is considered more delicious? Cats? Nah, not much protein. Dogs — probably the same and harder to ...

It’s been approximately eight months since the horrific October 7 attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas. Sadly, as of this writing, there are still over one hundred hostages being held in Gaza. What I ...

In equities, the broadening in equity market performance we have been writing about for much of the year hasn’t really gained traction. The mixed jobs-market picture does not show the type of ...