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Ms. Toad

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32. Everyone has confirmation bias.

Reply to MayReasonRule (Reply #31)

Fri May 16, 2025, 09:49 AM

May 16

Because I am aware that, like everyone else, I want/expect certain things to be true, I spend a lot of time fact checking before I post things in line with that bias - or engage in substantive conversation about the current someone else has posted.

Occasionally I get caught reacting before fact checking - but not often.

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Got DOGED today [View all] snowybirdie May 15 OP

Several years ago, they changed everyone's cards. Then, in 2023 there was a data breach and some cards #s Silent Type May 15 #1

No, they never changed everyone's cards. PoindexterOglethorpe May 15 #17

Everyone who had a Social Security Number on Medicare card darn sure did, and most did. I think around 2018 or so. Silent Type May 15 #20

Nope. I didn't get a new card. PoindexterOglethorpe May 15 #21

Here it is straight from the damn government in 2017. 60 Million cards changed. When did you go on Medicare. Silent Type May 15 #22

I went on Medicare when I turned 65, and I'm now PoindexterOglethorpe May 15 #23

Do you always debate truth based upon what happened solely to you vs. 60 Million people? Silent Type May 15 #25

You two seem to be talking about two different cards. Ms. Toad May 16 #33

My Mother RobinA May 16 #42

Mine was changed from my SSN several years ago sinkingfeeling May 15 #27

It's confirmation bias to blame every quirk in a system full of quirks on DOGE. Ms. Toad May 15 #2

Right. But we can definitely suspect something is going on. erronis May 15 #3

Hmm... MayReasonRule May 15 #7

I love your post Dave says May 15 #15

It is confirmation bias. Ms. Toad May 15 #16

So You're Saying You Recognize Your Own Confirmation Bias? MayReasonRule May 16 #31

Everyone has confirmation bias. Ms. Toad May 16 #32

Well Said Y'all - Humanity Often Employs Confirmation Bias In Addition To Many "Logical" Divergences MayReasonRule May 16 #34

Lucky you. Ms. Toad May 16 #36

Understand... I've Got Four Tomato Varieties In The Front Vegetable And Flower Bed... MayReasonRule May 16 #37

That's one of the tomatoes I grow. Ms. Toad May 16 #38

Huh... I'm Surprised About The Lack Of Flavor... MayReasonRule May 16 #39

Cherokee is a much more intense flavor. Ms. Toad May 16 #40

Cherokee And Black Krim Are Always Stand Outs For Flavor And Production.. MayReasonRule May 16 #41

Should I order a new Medicare card? I haven't used mine in a long time FakeNoose May 15 #4

I'd check snowybirdie May 15 #5

Why was it not good today? PoindexterOglethorpe May 15 #19

The docs office snowybirdie May 16 #29

No, no, no, no, no. PoindexterOglethorpe May 15 #18

It's not snowybirdie May 16 #30

It's not like a credit card, PoindexterOglethorpe May 15 #24

Well, Maybe He Doesn't RobinA May 16 #43

Terrible Meowmee May 15 #6

Docs office snowybirdie May 15 #8

Great 😀 Meowmee May 15 #9

Yep the doctors' office staff will be busy busy busy it seems Attilatheblond May 15 #10

I periodically get a phone call asking me if I've PoindexterOglethorpe May 15 #11

I got that phone call twice Delmette2.0 May 15 #14

Unbelievable incompetence. Joinfortmill May 15 #12

...And people are saying the DOGE AI will solve all the alleged ills of the system. AI has too often been a generator Ford_Prefect May 15 #13

Who the hell knows what doge has done with our personal data vapor2 May 15 #26

Maybe those DOGE terrorists did it, Dark n Stormy Knight May 15 #28

How much is that DOGE in the window................? n/t DFW May 16 #35