Name: "The DNA is a match": Confirmation Bias by Outsmarting Implicit Bias
Duration: 6 min 15 s
Description: We have more information at our fingertips than ever before… but this doesn’t mean we’re making better decisions. Why? One culprit: the confirmation bias. From DNA analysis and political debates to the strategies we use in business and fantasy football, our desire to confirm our beliefs skews how we interpret the data in front of us.

We have more information at our fingertips than ever before… but this doesn’t mean we’re making better decisions. Why? One culprit: the confirmation bias. From DNA analysis and political debates to the strategies we use in business and fantasy football, our desire to confirm our beliefs skews how we interpret the data in front of us.

"The DNA is a match": Confirmation Bias

Explore the mind’s blindspots with Outsmarting Implicit Bias, an educational media series founded by Harvard psychologist Mahzarin Banaji. Apply insights from the science to make better decisions in life and at work.