Once we create falsifiable hypotheses, we must follow the successful participants in the numbers study and attempt to falsify these hypotheses, rather than searching out information to prove them right. Ideological lock-in happens without our awareness. We must therefore deliberately expose ourselves to the discomfort of self-falsification instead of merely repeating platitudes like “I’m open to proving myself wrong.” When our focus shifts from proving ourselves right to proving ourselves wrong, we seek different inputs, we combat deeply entrenched biases, and we open ourselves up to competing
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