Dear Alex,
Actually, the human behavior you allude to is known as
"the confirmation bias," which everyone exhibits.
Michael Shermer more eloquently describes in the following article how
"Skepticism is the antidote for the confirmation bias."
Best,
HF
The Political Brain, Scientific American, July 2006 By Michael Shermer
A recent brain-imaging study shows that our political predilections are a
product of unconscious confirmation bias ...
