The Enigma of Reason: Why Confirmation Bias Might Be Functional
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores The Enigma of Reason by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber as a systems-level analysis of human reasoning.
The discussion examines incentive structures, feedback loops, distributed cognition, epistemic vigilance, and the social functions of argumentation. Rather than viewing confirmation bias as a defect, the analysis explores how many cognitive biases may emerge from reason's role within cooperative groups.
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