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How Confirmation Bias Helps You Think Faster ⚡ экспресс

Original: "The adaptive nature of confirmation bias"
arXiv:2606.23325 · 2026-06-22 · CC BY 4.0 · ⏱ 1 min · Neurons and Cognition Quantum Physics
The tendency to notice only the familiar turns out to be not a flaw, but an optimal strategy.
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Confirmation bias isn't a mistake, but hidden wisdom. The math of quantum probability reveals: seeking the familiar pays off. It slashes errors and requires minimal memory. Perhaps that's how machines get smarter.

🎯 In quantum probability, chances don't add up like percentages, but like waves: they can amplify or cancel each other out.

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Jacob BekensteinStephen HawkingLudwig BoltzmannEdward WittenJuan MaldacenaWilhelm Wien
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second law of thermodynamicsBekenstein-Hawking entropyStefan–Boltzmann lawBoltzmann distributionfirst law of thermodynamicsAdS/CFT correspondence
Original: arXiv:2606.23325 · CC BY 4.0 · bridge42worlds