I wonder if it’s easier to counter this effect by deliberately rehearsing previously encountered arguments against my position each time I encounter a new one, than it is by resisting the impulse to rehearse arguments for it.
I’d go with this. Gather all the evidence in one place as you’re attempting to update… Otherwise you might miss that shiny new counterevidence actually screens off some old counterevidence you’d already updated on, or is screened off by it and you don’t need to update at all.
I wonder if it’s easier to counter this effect by deliberately rehearsing previously encountered arguments against my position each time I encounter a new one, than it is by resisting the impulse to rehearse arguments for it.
I’d go with this. Gather all the evidence in one place as you’re attempting to update… Otherwise you might miss that shiny new counterevidence actually screens off some old counterevidence you’d already updated on, or is screened off by it and you don’t need to update at all.