Monday, November 2, 2009

Ballot Box

There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the- bye
--The Who

Tomorrow's vote surfaces a couple of thoughts that recur to me each election season. One is the juvenile behavior of many folks w.r.t. politics. Reversion to the playground you might call it.

The second is the human tendency to select information that supports a single point of view. Confirmation bias runs rampant in political process.

We can choose not to do these things.

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