Self-Reinforcing Beliefs Quotes

Who wants to hear that he is wrong when he can be told that he is right? …. We are losing the ability to change our mind because of our media.

If you only talk to people who agree with you, it’s easy to believe that you’re in the majority.

When you're surrounded by people who share the same set of assumptions as you, you start to think that's reality.

Political experts aren’t a very diverse group and tend to place a lot of faith in the opinions of other experts and other members of the political establishment. Once a consensus view is established, it tends to reinforce itself until and unless there’s very compelling evidence for the contrary position. Social media, especially Twitter, can amplify the groupthink further... .

I do sometimes feel like I function within an echo chamber and I'm just kind of preaching to the choir.

Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices.

When a generation talks just to itself, it becomes more filled with folly than it might have otherwise.

The separation of audience into tribes preferring to reinforce their own views with media of similar ideological stripe makes true debate impossible.