SH90: The Backfire Effect: Why our brains make it difficult to change our mind

SH90: The Backfire Effect: Why our brains make it difficult to change our mind

This week, we dive deeper into the backfire effect, where contradictory information can reinforce rather than change a deeply held belief. When faced with conflicting information, our brains often react emotionally, making it harder to accept new ideas. We discuss how our analysis of information—based on compatibility, coherence, credibility, consensus, and evidence—can be influenced by emotions, leading to belief perseverance. Using examples like nitrox in the 90s and current vaccination debates, we explore how understanding the opposing view can help counter the backfire effect. For divers, staying open to change and analyzing new research and methods is crucial for keeping up with advancements in the field.

Original blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/the-backfire-effect-why-our-brains-make-it-difficult-to-change-our-mind

Links: System 1/System 2 thinking: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/teaching-on-old-dog-new-tricks-why-it-is-so-hard-to-unlearn-bad-practices

Further reading: The Oatmeal comic

https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/05/13/backfire-effect-mcraney/

Making the truth stick & the myths fade: Lessons from cognitive psychology

When (fake) news feels true: Intuitions of truth and the acceptance and correction of misinformation

The Prevalence of Backfire Effects After the Correction of Misinformation

Correcting the unknown: Negated corrections may increase belief in misinformation

Tags: English, Cognitive Biases, Decision Making, Decision-Making, Jenny Lord

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SH295: Four Ways We Talk About 'Human Factors' in Diving

SH295: Four Ways We Talk About 'Human Factors' in Diving

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11 Heinä 11min

SH294: Clickbait, trolls and comments. How dive incident posts can teach us — if we let them

SH294: Clickbait, trolls and comments. How dive incident posts can teach us — if we let them

Discussions about diving incidents on social media often follow a predictable pattern: a short, simplified post describes what happened, and comments quickly focus on blaming the individual involved, ...

8 Heinä 13min

SH293: Why does nothing change? Why do the same failures keep happening?

SH293: Why does nothing change? Why do the same failures keep happening?

Over the past decade, diving fatalities have remained stubbornly consistent despite better equipment, more training, and growing participation, suggesting the problem isn’t just technical or individua...

4 Heinä 22min

SH292: Learning or Blaming: The Choice the Diving Industry Needs to Make. Part 3 of 3.

SH292: Learning or Blaming: The Choice the Diving Industry Needs to Make. Part 3 of 3.

This final blog explores what the research means and how the diving community can realistically improve learning and safety. It argues that the problem is not broken individuals but a system that quie...

1 Heinä 14min

SH291: What the Data Told Us: Fear, Trust, and the Stories That Never Get Told. Part 2 of 3.

SH291: What the Data Told Us: Fear, Trust, and the Stories That Never Get Told. Part 2 of 3.

This blog explains how a mixed-methods study explored why divers struggle to share honest, learning-focused stories about incidents. Using a large international survey, focus groups, and expert interv...

27 Kesä 13min

SH290: What Happens Underwater, Stays Underwater — And That's a Problem. Part 1 of 3

SH290: What Happens Underwater, Stays Underwater — And That's a Problem. Part 1 of 3

This episode introduces the problem behind learning in diving safety, using the 2020 death of Linnea Mills to highlight how incidents are often caused by deeper system issues, not just individual mist...

24 Kesä 12min

SH289: Chac Mool - Diving Deeper into a Triple Fatality with Human Factors

SH289: Chac Mool - Diving Deeper into a Triple Fatality with Human Factors

This episode examines a 2012 triple fatality at Cenote Chac Mool in Mexico using a Human Factors approach, showing how accidents are rarely caused by a single mistake but by a combination of small, in...

20 Kesä 24min

SH288: The 'Obvious Thing' Nobody Noticed

SH288: The 'Obvious Thing' Nobody Noticed

This episode explores the fatal case of 18-year-old Linnea Mills to show how visible hazards can go unnoticed when an instructor lacks the mental capacity to recognise them. Linnea was overweighted, u...

17 Kesä 15min

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