Half of what gets called "doing your own research" is reading until you find somebody who already agrees with you and then stopping.
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It is also what everybody does, including scientists, which is exactly why peer review exists. The problem is not the instinct, it is doing it alone.
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what all this does to your head, and what to do about it.