You Have Way Too Much Pride The first obstacle that you (and this article) have to overcome is your pride and the fact you think you are right all the time. There is no such thing as a truly unbiased person, but in order to become a more even-handed and objective tester, you need to erode away the pillars of your pride that you have taken years building.
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Opt For A Disconfirmation Bias / Rejection Bias / Motivated Skepticism
Why does this bias have three names? When I was in college, it was called a negative bias where any finding I had was treated with extreme skepticism and I had to aggressively prove I was wrong in order to prove I was right. Nowadays, a negative bias means something else, so I opted for a “Disconfirmation Bias, Rejection Bias and/or Motivated Skepticism.”
Make a point, and then spend the rest of your time trying to prove your point wrong. As a tester, this is going to eat into a fair amount of your time, so give it moderate thought during your testing (information gathering) phase, and really knuckle down with it during your conclusions and summaries.
Think Of This
Dropping your pride is all part of using a disconfirmation tool. It is hard trying to actively prove yourself wrong, especially if you always think you are right (which most people do). Most people do not walk around thinking, “Geeze, I am so wrong about