'Confirmation Bias' | Tim Minchin: BACK
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Published 2022-12-18
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All Comments (21)
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This performance pretty much confirms everything I already thought about confirmation bias.
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Confirmation Bias is my favourite bias. Because every time I experience it, it reminds me why it's the best.
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It's amazing that 14 years later and after many trials and character growths on my part later Tim Minchin is still making me absolutely amazed at his ability to get a room of people to shut up and rethink their actions and attitudes for a minute.
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Minchin is at once a masterful comedian and an insightful philosopher. He's managed to distill much of society's problems down into an 11 minute lecture.
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As a strong believer in confirmation bias, I just knew I had to click on this instantly. Turns out I was right all along.
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I'm glad this video could reinforce my preexisting belief that Tim is hilarious
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My favourite experience with confirmation bias was when I was arguing with a friend and then to prove our point, we both shared the same study. I thought it proved my point, while she thought it proved hers. It was the same study, same results, just exactly opposite conclusions
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That punchline at the end is just pure genius! Self deprecation instantly disarms any ad hominem argument.
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Tim Minchin has engineered an entire career just to be able to live out the nerd dream of ranting at a captive audience about cognitive biases and have them like it.
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“I checked my privilege and you’re still fucking wrong” made me laugh so hard
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In 12 minutes the man delivers nothing less than the best summation of the disintegration of society in the modern era, and is highly entertaining while doing so. Bravo!
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"... and that is because I am a hypocrite." Ooh, I was so ready to be a little bit annoyed at the irony of the rant, and then that line smacked the wind out of my sails. Good show. Definitely something to think about. Tim always hits the nail on the head, and he's hilarious to boot.
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‘Churches are sports teams just with mascots who can fly’ gosh I love how your brain works and explains things!
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I could watch Tim Minchin all day.
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Dear Tim, I must thank you for enriching my life with your genius! Listening to 'Sam's Mum' helped me get out of the Christianity echo chamber, and now I have discovered Matilda!!! What a masterpiece, I can't get the songs out of my head. Absolutely brilliant!
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So great to see Minchin back to the sort of material that made him such an inspiration to me in my younger years. I remember a friend of mine showed me the "Cheese" song when I was 12 and then "The Pope Song" (which was a fantastic discovery going to a catholic school) and I went on to watch all of his material I could find. Tim is responsible for my atheism and my love of philosophy, debate and reason. To see this return to form is very exciting, I hope to catch his next tour.
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I am so glad he's back with his shows. I know he has been doing so many very wonderful things, but I have missed this.
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This is the best rant I've seen in years. Tim took us to his church for a good moment there.
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As a Right-Wing, Christian, who now lives in Texas of all places. I loved this and you sir have penetrated me deeply! lol
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Tim, aside from being a hypocrite, you are also a gentleman and a scholar, and we need more of your kind.
