Are We Biased to Believe?
Many years ago, while studying Nyāya and Vedānta, my Nyāya teacher said: tattva-pakṣa-pāto hi dhiyāṁ svabhāvaḥ “The nature of the intellect is definitely biased towards truth.” At the time, I did not understand the deep implications of this statement. Recently, while teaching Sāṅkhya-kārikā (64), I came across the same statement in Vācaspati Miśrā’s commentary. I