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Featured Article: Confirmation bias

Confirmation bias has been described as an internal "yes man," echoing back a person's beliefs like Charles Dickens' character Uriah Heep

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information, or when they interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing attitudes. The effect is strongest for desired outcomes, for emotionally charged issues, and for deeply entrenched beliefs. This bias has the unfortunate consequence of people holding on to beliefs that are contradicted by evidence. This can lead to polarization of opinions, in which a disagreement becomes more extreme and has the possibility of a tragic outcome.

Popular Article: Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando at the August 28, 1963, Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was a prominent American actor who transformed Hollywood with his innovative practice of method acting, inspiring the likes of James Dean and Robert De Niro. He was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for four straight years for: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Viva Zapata (1952), Julius Caesar (1953), and On the Waterfront (1954). Brando won the Best Actor Oscar in 1954 and 1973 (The Godfather). In the 1960s Brando was one of the first actor-activists to march for civil rights and Native American rights. He refused to accept his Oscar for "The Godfather," in protest of discrimination against Native Americans in the film industry and in government policy.

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In 1920 under Vladimir Lenin the Soviet Union was the first to legalize all abortions, but this was reversed in 1936 by Joseph Stalin in order to increase population growth. (source: Abortion)

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