The Daily Populous

Saturday June 10th, 2017 morning edition

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People are less likely to accept new information when it conflicts with the political outcomes they want, according to research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology:General.

The study provides some clues as to why the political climate in the United States appears to be increasingly polarized.

This bias towards confirming information in belief revision has been suggested to underpin belief polarization.”.

In other words, people were the most likely to change their beliefs if the new information lined up with the election outcome they wanted.

“We did not investigate biased search for new information, or biased evaluation of new information, but only bias in belief revision,” Tappin said.

It remains an open question, for example, whether confirmation and desirability biases are similarly dissociable when we search for, and/or evaluate new information.”.

The study, “The Heart Trumps the Head: Desirability Bias in Political Belief Revision“, was also co-authored by Leslie van der Leer and Ryan T. McKay. »

Tesla plans to disconnect ‘almost all’ Superchargers from the grid and go solar+battery, says Elon Musk

Authored by electrek.co

But only half a dozen stations or so out of the over 800 stations ended up getting a solar array.

Now Musk said on Twitter this morning that they are not only adding solar and batteries to “all Superchargers”, but also that “almost all” Supercharger stations will eventually disconnect from the grid:.

The comment was in response to someone stating that Tesla’s Superchargers are charging vehicles with dirty electricity from coal plants. »

All 48 London Bridge attack victims who made it to hospital have survived

Authored by businessinsider.com

Every victim of the London Bridge attack who made it to hospital has survived their injuries, the Standard can reveal today.

Hospital doctors also praised the "outstanding and brave" emergency response from London Ambulance Service and the improved first-aid skills of police and public at the scene which helped keep victims alive.

King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill and The Royal London in Whitechapel, which received the bulk of the casualties, said all their patients had survived. »