THE WEEKLY
REFLEKTION
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The Weekly Reflektion 09/2026
Confirmation bias is the cognitive tendency to search for, interpret, favour, and recall information that confirms one’s pre-existing beliefs or hypotheses. This bias leads to ignoring or devaluing contradictory evidence, creating skewed, subjective, and often inaccurate views of reality. It is a pervasive, often unintentional mental shortcut that reinforces existing beliefs, prejudices, and stereotypes. Confirmation bias is out there, […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 08/2026
Our mental health is continually being challenged by the stress in our everyday lives. The news we see and hear is dominated by theheadlines and it is often difficult to assess what is really importantand why. Our brains are perhaps being trained to avoid reading in depth, to be satisfied with the headlines. This can be a problem when we are following complex procedures in our operation. How are you taking care […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 28/2022
Convicting a criminal of a crime is the goal of police investigations. During the investigation the evidence has to be looked at objectively. This is not always the case as the police, being human, are influenced by many factors and biases. Justice is not always done. How do you avoid confirmation bias in your investigations? Marius Kolstad, a former Norwegian bodybuilding champion, was […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 16 / 2020
In the week 13 Reflection we quoted from W.G. Carson in 1981, 7 years before the Piper Alpha disaster. These were prophetic words on the limitations of the UK regulations for the offshore industry. In the week 14 Reflektion we looked at some of the evidence presented to the Burgoyne Committee set up in the […]
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