"...you immediately shut it down..."

Posting a contrary opinion isn't an attempt to shut anyone down. If you think it is, that's on you. People post their opinions, I post mine.  It's a public message board.  That's how it works. Nowhere have I suggested that someone/anyone not post their opinion.

"Why not take that break...."

LOL.  Oh the irony.  The only person trying to shut someone down is you -- explicitly trying to tell me not to post.

"....Confirmatory bias is all too common a mistake when it comes to investing...we are twice as likely to look for information that agrees with us than we are to seek out disconfirming evidence....

....This is a lousy way of testing a view. Instead we should sit down with the people who disagree with us most.  Not so that we will change our minds...but rather so that we can hear the opposite side of the argument.  If we can't find the logical flaw in the argument, we have no business holding our view as strongly as we probably do...."

From: The Little Book of Behavioral Investing:
How Not to be Your Own Worst Enemy
by James Montier
Amazon.ca