--- title: Confirmation Bias | daily.dev description: A short, humorous reflection on confirmation bias, using a Jonathan Blow quote as a jumping-off point. The piece acknowledges that people — including the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/confirmation-bias-tvo7hehfm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Confirmation Bias | daily.dev og:description: A short, humorous reflection on confirmation bias, using a Jonathan Blow quote as a jumping-off point. The piece acknowledges that people — including the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/confirmation-bias-tvo7hehfm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tvo7HEHFM.png og:image:alt: Confirmation Bias og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Confirmation Bias **[ThePrimeTime](https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short, humorous reflection on confirmation bias, using a Jonathan Blow quote as a jumping-off point. The piece acknowledges that people — including the author — tend to trust information that confirms what they already believe, and dismisses studies that don't align with personal experience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How to Overcome Confirmation Bias](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-overcome-confirmation-bias-fn43g39e6) · Tech Lead Digest · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your Brain Isn’t Getting Dumber. It Just Confuses Confident Answers With Verified Ones](https://daily.dev/posts/your-brain-isn-t-getting-dumber-it-just-confuses-confident-answers-with-verified-ones-01pcf8rzv) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/confirmation-bias-tvo7hehfm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Confirmation Bias","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/confirmation-bias-tvo7hehfm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/confirmation-bias-tvo7hehfm"},"datePublished":"2026-02-27T14:44:18.499Z","dateModified":"2026-02-27T14:44:35.798Z","description":"A short, humorous reflection on confirmation bias, using a Jonathan Blow quote as a jumping-off point. The piece acknowledges that people — including the...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yrND_9j-m54/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yrND_9j-m54/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ThePrimeTime","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ThePrimeTime","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--J5-GjDeo--/f_auto/v1704628081/logos/primeagen.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/confirmation-bias-tvo7hehfm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Confirmation Bias","description":"A short, humorous reflection on confirmation bias, using a Jonathan Blow quote as a jumping-off point. The piece acknowledges that people — including the...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yrND_9j-m54/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-02-27T14:44:18.499Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/tvo7HEHFM","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/yrND_9j-m54"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ThePrimeTime","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Confirmation Bias"}]} ```