The 2-4-8 Puzzle Demonstrates Confirmation Bias
Veritasium · Explainer · 5 min · 2014 · YouTube title: The Most Common Cognitive Bias
Why it's here
Recommended as a clear demonstration of confirmation bias and the value of trying to break your own hypothesis.
What it covers
A Veritasium video that runs the 2-4-8 rule-guessing puzzle on people to show how they test only examples that confirm their hypothesis. It uses this to illustrate confirmation bias and falsification.