Comments on: Tastes Great! Less Filling! http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/ By Common Consent is the pre-eminent Mormon blog. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:49:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: CE http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179592 CE Fri, 16 May 2008 20:49:28 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179592 Mark, the subject of that study falls under the broader notion of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias" rel="nofollow">confirmation bias</a>, which is a fascinating phenomenon that probably affects most of us -- including me -- more than we'd care to admit. Mark, the subject of that study falls under the broader notion of confirmation bias, which is a fascinating phenomenon that probably affects most of us — including me — more than we’d care to admit.

]]> By: dug http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179581 dug Fri, 16 May 2008 20:03:26 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179581 What? Did you say something? What? Did you say something?

]]> By: Jami http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179580 Jami Fri, 16 May 2008 19:51:19 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179580 Something addictive that I'm not addicted to! Good news! Something addictive that I’m not addicted to! Good news!

]]> By: Doc http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179577 Doc Fri, 16 May 2008 19:36:37 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179577 Meanwhile, all the reasonably open people who think partisanism is a bunch of hooey (i.e. most Americans) get fed up with the idiocy and stay home on election day. (I know, I know, that isn't a very productive reaction, but I think it is what people do just the same.) Just my 2 cents. Meanwhile, all the reasonably open people who think partisanism is a bunch of hooey (i.e. most Americans) get fed up with the idiocy and stay home on election day. (I know, I know, that isn’t a very productive reaction, but I think it is what people do just the same.) Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: meems http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179576 meems Fri, 16 May 2008 19:22:58 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179576 I can give it up any time I want. I swear. I can give it up any time I want. I swear.

]]> By: Kari http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179575 Kari Fri, 16 May 2008 19:18:32 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179575 I think it is certainly a part of the compulsive nature of blogging, and commenting on blogs. I finally have access, again, to BCC at work, after almost two weeks of absence. I can't tell you how glad I am to finally get a fix. This study is really just an extension of the large body of evidence that indicates that our <em>certainty</em> of the rightness of what we know/believe is not based upon cognitive reasoning or intellectual activity, but is closer to emotional response. I think it is certainly a part of the compulsive nature of blogging, and commenting on blogs. I finally have access, again, to BCC at work, after almost two weeks of absence. I can’t tell you how glad I am to finally get a fix.

This study is really just an extension of the large body of evidence that indicates that our certainty of the rightness of what we know/believe is not based upon cognitive reasoning or intellectual activity, but is closer to emotional response.

]]> By: CW http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179574 CW Fri, 16 May 2008 19:17:50 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179574 Interesting stuff, I thought, as I reminded myself, that of course there are individual exceptions. On a different note, the idea that drug addicts and loyal partisans experience similar reward systems reinforces that we have much in common with one another. Interesting stuff, I thought, as I reminded myself, that of course there are individual exceptions.

On a different note, the idea that drug addicts and loyal partisans experience similar reward systems reinforces that we have much in common with one another.

]]> By: mondo cool http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179573 mondo cool Fri, 16 May 2008 19:09:05 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179573 Or, as Paul Simon said: "SWtill a man hears what he wants to hear..." Or, as Paul Simon said: “SWtill a man hears what he wants to hear…”

]]> By: mondo cool http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179571 mondo cool Fri, 16 May 2008 19:08:12 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179571 My friendly atheist acquaintance likes this study to explain our devotion to the Church. My friendly atheist acquaintance likes this study to explain our devotion to the Church.

]]> By: Thomas Parkin http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/tastes-great-less-filling/#comment-179570 Thomas Parkin Fri, 16 May 2008 19:07:07 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3786#comment-179570 Snort! ~ Snort!

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