The Lie We Tell Ourselves to Feel Safe - Confirmation Bias Certainty and the search for signs

Send us Fan Mail Why do we trust the signs that confirm what we already believe — and ignore the ones that don't? In this episode, Matilda takes a hard look at confirmation bias — the mental shortcut that shapes everything from the readings we trust, to the news we consume, to who we vote for, to how we read our own relationships. Drawing on her background in behavioural economics, she unpacks the psychology behind the Barnum effect, cold reading, and why so much of what passes for "evidence"...