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Behind the Curve

There are physics students. There's astrophysics students, and they're arriving atthe same...

There are physics students. There's astrophysics students, and they're arriving at
the same conclusions. How is it that they could
possibly all be wrong? And my response to that was
that they are putting things into a perspective
that they've been taught. Nobody wants to admit that
they've been fooled, but the reality is it's
happened to every one of us. PER:
Confirmation bias
is one of the most solid empirical findings
in psychology. If I have a belief
or an attitude, I will search for instances
that confirm what I believe

Full Transcript

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There are physics students.
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There's astrophysics students,
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and they're arriving at the same conclusions.
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How is it that they could possibly all be wrong?
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And my response to that was that they are putting things
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into a perspective that they've been taught.
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Nobody wants to admit that they've been fooled,
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but the reality is it's happened to every one of us.
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PER: Confirmation bias is one of the most
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solid empirical findings in psychology.
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If I have a belief or an attitude,
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I will search for instances that confirm what I believe.
Duration
30 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:17
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Delta-v Productions

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Movie Summary

Meet real Flat Earthers, a small but growing contingent of people who firmly believe in a conspiracy to suppress the truth that the Earth is flat.
And also, I'll find myself in a company - Behind the Curve 00:06
And also, I'll find myself in a company
WOMAN: Of course, we always listen to Bob, - Behind the Curve 00:06
WOMAN: Of course, we always listen to Bob,
People think that defining gravity - Behind the Curve 00:07
People think that defining gravity
Yeah, "That's gravity, bitches!" - Behind the Curve 00:04
Yeah, "That's gravity, bitches!"
It gives me a little bit of practice, - Behind the Curve 00:05
It gives me a little bit of practice,
WOMAN: Flat Earth is positive. When flat-Earthers get together, - Behind the Curve 00:06
WOMAN: Flat Earth is positive. When flat-Earthers get togeth...
Infinite plane, how does that work as far as a dome/celestial? - Behind the Curve 00:05
Infinite plane, how does that work as far as a dome/celestia...
I'm not gonna assume it's a dome - Behind the Curve 00:05
I'm not gonna assume it's a dome
Until I find out otherwise, - Behind the Curve 00:06
Until I find out otherwise,
A lot of infighting becomes something of a lot of factions. - Behind the Curve 00:05
A lot of infighting becomes something of a lot of factions.
We can't have agendas diverting us - Behind the Curve 00:09
We can't have agendas diverting us
CAMI: As you're looking at the model, - Behind the Curve 00:13
CAMI: As you're looking at the model,
MARK: Flat Earth has camps. - Behind the Curve 00:17
MARK: Flat Earth has camps.
I use Life of Brian as the, um... - Behind the Curve 00:05
I use Life of Brian as the, um...
One of the metaphors for how flat Earth fragmented - Behind the Curve 00:06
One of the metaphors for how flat Earth fragmented
When he was running away from them, and he drops his shoe. - Behind the Curve 00:04
When he was running away from them, and he drops his shoe.
Instantly, within, I think, less than 90 seconds, - Behind the Curve 00:08
Instantly, within, I think, less than 90 seconds,
Let us, like him, hold up one shoe, - Behind the Curve 00:13
Let us, like him, hold up one shoe,
Infinite plane, it doesn't seem natural - Behind the Curve 00:07
Infinite plane, it doesn't seem natural
The enclosed system, - Behind the Curve 00:08
The enclosed system,