CONFIRMATION BIAS: Has this become problematic for you...in Thailand?

GammaGlobulin · July 1

Dear Folks,

It’s driving me mad, driving me MAD!

Did you imagine that Thailand might be an evidence-based society?

NO!

FING….NO!

And, how does Confirmation Bias run rampant in Thailand?

CONFIRMATION BIAS?

It’s just so RAMPANT in Thailand…that….I can’t even stand it, anymore!

Black is White

White is Black

And, almost everything in between.

It’s just so ……HEAVY!

How many here, I do wonder, know how deleterious Confirmation Bias is to our society….

In General?

Driving me MAD, I say!

The point is…that…..

When you call a technician to fix anything….then….they…

Arrive with their own preconceived notions of what is wrong.

And, they do not much care about taking any MEASUREMENTS, or collecting any useful data…or…

Doing ANY evidence-based analysis….

DRIVES ME MAD, I say!

Am I joking?

NO!

This is why, I would not trust most people here to do anything but grow….

Papayas and….

Bananas.

Oh, Yeah….

Forgot to tell you…..

What do we mean by Confirmation Bias?

But, Sometimes, when things get TOO BAD, and people stop listening to reason, or abiding by the Scientific Method, then I say…..

FK-IT, and just try to relax with a bit of Jeff Beck….because…..

What else is there to do….really?

Yes. The ONLY thing to do is to just chill with Jeff when the Confirmation Bias in Thailand gets too bad.

Is this a JOKE POST or a JOKE TOPIC?

NO!

This is for REAL here in Thailand, Baby!

Just ask any technician to come to your house…..to fix an appliance…

And they will most often arrive exhibiting a healthy amount of ….

CONFIRMATION BIAS.

Wow….

It’s really BAD here, this Confirmation Bias….

In case you do not know.

Not joking, anymore.

Regards,

Gamma

Note: I guess Thailand will not be sending a man to the Moon in the near future.

Note2: But, fortunately, nobody cares about Thailand sending a man to the Moon.

Note3: Personally, I wish they had sent Somchai instead of Ham in his Can

Impossible to communicate with people who do not read books, and who, most of them, have never even heard of Rice University....and yet.... Some here..for some strange reason.....

Call themselves "engineers"....

Boggles the mind, Folks.

Papayas and Bananas.

Yes.

This is what they know best, I guess.....

MeePeeMai · July 1

Wow, that's one hell of a rant! 👍

I thought I held the trophy for the longest rants about living in Thailand (as a foreigner).

I hereby hand the 1st place trophy over to you, well deserved, great job!

p.s. I know exactly what you mean as I have experienced it many times myself 555

Nemises · July 1

Clickbait thread.

Thread title should read "If as bored as AF, click here"

Edited July 1 by Nemises

Mekmong MICK · July 1

Bit of a melty thread and I didn't bother reading beyond the first few lines.

But I have encountered prejudice and bias when I was mistaken for a western sex tourist at bars. I recieved many dirty looks and felt slightly awkward

GammaGlobulin · July 1

3 minutes ago, Mekmong MICK said:

Bit of a melty thread and I didn't bother reading beyond the first few lines.

But I have encountered prejudice and bias when I was mistaken for a western sex tourist at bars. I recieved many dirty looks and felt slightly awkward

You should have read the thread, because this Topic has NOTHING to do with what you mention in your comment.

Maybe you should read a few books, or...

Maybe read more about Confirmation Bias....

Have you ever been to school?

One wonders....

Mekmong MICK · July 1

7 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You should have read the thread, because this Topic has NOTHING to do with what you mention in your comment.

Maybe you should read a few books, or...

Maybe read more about Confirmation Bias....

Have you ever been to school?

One wonders....

Look if you're going to sook at me I want contribute further to this eyesore of a thread.

And I don't need to read books, I'm already extremely successful

GammaGlobulin · July 1

2 minutes ago, Mekmong MICK said:

Look if you're going to sook at me I want contribute further to this eyesore of a thread.

And I don't need to read books, I'm already extremely successful

Sure.

And, absolutely, no slight intended towards your comment, or you.

But, let's be clear.

Confirmation Bias has NOTHING to do with your "being mistaken for a western sex tourist at bars", as you put it.

a. Confirmation Bias

b. Prejudice against you or sex tourists, or your being mistaken for a sex tourist

A and B have very little in common.

Please just stay on topic in this Topic.

Thank you.

sipi · July 1

Confirmation bias is rampant world wide. Many a serial killer got away for so long by blending into society while they were looking at the wrong person.

GammaGlobulin · July 1

36 minutes ago, Mekmong MICK said:

to sook at me

Hi,

This is an interesting piece of slang.

a. Where does it come from?

b. What does it mean to "sook at someone"?

I have just spent some time searching on google search....and.... there is nothing which explains to be sooked at.

c. I only know that sometimes, sook = suk. But, to suk at someone, or to sook at someone, I cannot find.

So...then...

Care to share?

I am very interested.

Tks!

Edited July 1 by GammaGlobulin

RSD1 · July 1

No idea what this post is about. This one sounds about as looney tunes as it gets. GG, did you suddenly run out of your meds?

stoner · July 1

Farmerslife · July 2

Mr. G doesn't your post attest to the fact that you suffer from confirmation bias every bit as much as those you criticise for displaying it?

newbee2022 · July 2

9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Dear Folks,

It’s driving me mad, driving me MAD!

Did you imagine that Thailand might be an evidence-based society?

NO!

FING….NO!

And, how does Confirmation Bias run rampant in Thailand?

CONFIRMATION BIAS?

It’s just so RAMPANT in Thailand…that….I can’t even stand it, anymore!

Black is White

White is Black

And, almost everything in between.

It’s just so ……HEAVY!

How many here, I do wonder, know how deleterious Confirmation Bias is to our society….

In General?

Driving me MAD, I say!

The point is…that…..

When you call a technician to fix anything….then….they…

Arrive with their own preconceived notions of what is wrong.

And, they do not much care about taking any MEASUREMENTS, or collecting any useful data…or…

Doing ANY evidence-based analysis….

DRIVES ME MAD, I say!

Am I joking?

NO!

This is why, I would not trust most people here to do anything but grow….

Papayas and….

Bananas.

Oh, Yeah….

Forgot to tell you…..

What do we mean by Confirmation Bias?

But, Sometimes, when things get TOO BAD, and people stop listening to reason, or abiding by the Scientific Method, then I say…..

FK-IT, and just try to relax with a bit of Jeff Beck….because…..

What else is there to do….really?

Yes. The ONLY thing to do is to just chill with Jeff when the Confirmation Bias in Thailand gets too bad.

Is this a JOKE POST or a JOKE TOPIC?

NO!

This is for REAL here in Thailand, Baby!

Just ask any technician to come to your house…..to fix an appliance…

And they will most often arrive exhibiting a healthy amount of ….

CONFIRMATION BIAS.

Wow….

It’s really BAD here, this Confirmation Bias….

In case you do not know.

Not joking, anymore.

Regards,

Gamma

Note: I guess Thailand will not be sending a man to the Moon in the near future.

Note2: But, fortunately, nobody cares about Thailand sending a man to the Moon.

Note3: Personally, I wish they had sent Somchai instead of Ham in his Can

Impossible to communicate with people who do not read books, and who, most of them, have never even heard of Rice University....and yet.... Some here..for some strange reason.....

Call themselves "engineers"....

Boggles the mind, Folks.

Papayas and Bananas.

Yes.

This is what they know best, I guess.....

Are you sure you live in the right country for you? I doubt it. Enjoy the rest of your life instead of bickering around.😇

TheFishman1 · July 2

After reading a very little of your pose, I would suggest buy a plane ticket and get the first plane out of here TIT

tkramer · July 2

I agree with OP, it is so true...!

I refer to it as 'Thai Conclusions'.

Just imagine, you are playing 'football' and you pass to a Thai team mate, and he starts running the ball speeding down the field...

in the complete opposite direction...

"This is why, I would not trust most people here to do anything but grow….

Papayas and….

Bananas."

Haven't you ever said..."just what are they thinking...?"

Edited July 2 by tkramer
repeat

GammaGlobulin · July 2

2 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

After reading a very little of your pose, I would suggest buy a plane ticket and get the first plane out of here TIT

Yes, BUT, there is no better place in Asia, compared to Thailand.

Thailand is the best country in Asia.

Photoguy21 · July 2

There is a simple explanation for this. Thais, not all but many, believe they know everything, hence why should they listen to you when they already know?

We have had some like that doing work at the house but a lot will listen if you explain it in a simple way to them

jvs · July 2

12 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Dear Folks,

It’s driving me mad, driving me MAD!

Did you imagine that Thailand might be an evidence-based society?

NO!

FING….NO!

And, how does Confirmation Bias run rampant in Thailand?

CONFIRMATION BIAS?

It’s just so RAMPANT in Thailand…that….I can’t even stand it, anymore!

Black is White

White is Black

And, almost everything in between.

It’s just so ……HEAVY!

How many here, I do wonder, know how deleterious Confirmation Bias is to our society….

In General?

Driving me MAD, I say!

The point is…that…..

When you call a technician to fix anything….then….they…

Arrive with their own preconceived notions of what is wrong.

And, they do not much care about taking any MEASUREMENTS, or collecting any useful data…or…

Doing ANY evidence-based analysis….

DRIVES ME MAD, I say!

Am I joking?

NO!

This is why, I would not trust most people here to do anything but grow….

Papayas and….

Bananas.

Oh, Yeah….

Forgot to tell you…..

What do we mean by Confirmation Bias?

But, Sometimes, when things get TOO BAD, and people stop listening to reason, or abiding by the Scientific Method, then I say…..

FK-IT, and just try to relax with a bit of Jeff Beck….because…..

What else is there to do….really?

Yes. The ONLY thing to do is to just chill with Jeff when the Confirmation Bias in Thailand gets too bad.

Is this a JOKE POST or a JOKE TOPIC?

NO!

This is for REAL here in Thailand, Baby!

Just ask any technician to come to your house…..to fix an appliance…

And they will most often arrive exhibiting a healthy amount of ….

CONFIRMATION BIAS.

Wow….

It’s really BAD here, this Confirmation Bias….

In case you do not know.

Not joking, anymore.

Regards,

Gamma

Note: I guess Thailand will not be sending a man to the Moon in the near future.

Note2: But, fortunately, nobody cares about Thailand sending a man to the Moon.

Note3: Personally, I wish they had sent Somchai instead of Ham in his Can

Impossible to communicate with people who do not read books, and who, most of them, have never even heard of Rice University....and yet.... Some here..for some strange reason.....

Call themselves "engineers"....

Boggles the mind, Folks.

Papayas and Bananas.

Yes.

This is what they know best, I guess.....

Do you mean kind of the same way you think about Thai people?

Conformation Bias!

steven100 · July 2

I'm perplexed and lost in the whole OP. :blink: i just don't understand what the hell he's talking about ...

Edited July 2 by steven100

ChrisKC · July 2

GammaGlobulin · July 3

On 7/2/2024 at 5:54 AM, RSD1 said:

No idea what this post is about. This one sounds about as looney tunes as it gets. GG, did you suddenly run out of your meds?

No, but recently, I have been bothered more than usual by "engineers" at a major multinational that are hired to be engineers, but would be too stupid to be accepted at Rice University, or other decent schools.

And, as a result, they often engage in BLATANT Confirmation Bias, unabashedly, and happily, and could not care a TWIT about it.

Science just has no appeal for them.

What does an engineer in Thailand actually DO, I wonder?

These guys form opinions and reach conclusions PRIOR to viewing any data!!!!!!!!!!

Did one of their little GODS provide them with their conclusions beforehand, conclusions which are NOT based on Reality?

And, what about all those little shrines we see out in front?

Is this where conclusions are formed?

StreetCowboy · July 3

If ye play t’yer stereotype, ye’ll kenwhit people thinkae’ye.

If you don’t conform to confirmation bias, you’ll always be fighting an uphill struggle.

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