# Confirmation Bias **Confirmation bias** is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior [beliefs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief "Belief") or values. ### Practical Implications Our goal to should be to seek *disconfirming instances*. This stems from the principle of [falsification](falsification.md). --- References: * The Black Swan (Chapter 5), Nassim Taleb * Thinking, Fast and Slow (pg 80, 81), Daniel Khaneman