Baked-In Confirmation Bias

NON-BORING HISTORY Well, This Was Unexpected! (joking/not joking)

How Long Is This Post? 3,000 words, about 15 minutes

Dear Nonnie,

I just popped meringues in the oven (bad idea on a humid day, so fingers crossed) before settling down to write to you. Immediately, I had a very weird idea.

There’s a folk practice, I recall, of opening a Bible at a random place, and deriving inspiration, or answers to your questions, from…