{"product_id":"the-bias-that-divides-us-the-science-and-politics-of-myside-thinking","title":"The Bias That Divides Us: The Science and Politics of Myside Thinking","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy we dont live in a post-truth society but rather a myside society: what science tells us about the bias that poisons our politics.  In The Bias That Divides Us  psychologist Keith Stanovich argues provocatively that we dont live in a post-truth society  as has been claimed  but rather a myside society. Our problem is not that we are unable to value and respect truth and facts  but that we are unable to agree on commonly accepted truth and facts. We believe that our side knows the truth. Post-truth? That describes the other side. The inevitable result is political polarization. Stanovich shows what science can tell us about myside bias: how common it is  how to avoid it  and what purposes it serves.  Stanovich explains that although myside bias is ubiquitous  it is an outlier among cognitive biases. It is unpredictable. Intelligence does not inoculate against it  and myside bias in one domain is not a good indicator of bias shown in any other domain. Stanovich argues that because of its outlier status  myside bias creates a true blind spot among the cognitive elite--those who are high in intelligence  executive functioning  or other valued psychological dispositions. They may consider themselves unbiased and purely rational in their thinking  but in fact they are just as biased as everyone else. Stanovich investigates how this bias blind spot contributes to our current ideologically polarized politics  connecting it to another recent trend: the decline of trust in university research as a disinterested arbiter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985959776309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262045753","price":65.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262045759.jpg?v=1770879348","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-bias-that-divides-us-the-science-and-politics-of-myside-thinking","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}