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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I am guilty of "cherry picking". When I support my opinions I purposefully pick the data that supports my opinion. When I form my opinion I look at data from various sources and generally give more weight to data that supports my biases. When my opinion is challenged with data that contradicts my opinion, I consider it and either change my view or I "cherry pick" more information to present, that of course supports my view.
I must be the only one who does this. I am guilty, I tell you, guilty, guilty, guilty. What should my punishment be?  |
I hope that this is not as widespread as you imply (at least on this site). To see data that contradicts your opinion and disregard or discount it (EDIT: without cause other than that it contradicts your opinion) does sound a bit questionable.