One observation I discovered is that when evaluating something it becomes challenging to keep an open mind despite our initial feelings or bias towards it. This leads to a tension occurring between our desire to validate our point and our willingness to consider other points of view. I can relate to this as I usually tend to have a previous assumption before I ever experience something. I also discovered from the active reading that we must be able to support our criteria behind our judgement. If our criteria doesn't belong with a widely held belief, we must defend and explain our reasoning behind it.
I use reviews all the time when shopping at online retailers. Its the first thing that I look at to determine the value and long term quality of a product. One review that impacted my decision was about a Bluetooth speaker. From the pictures and description, it seemed like a great buy although the reviews stated otherwise, exposing multiple issues of its poor design and sound. Without the help of reviews, I would have fallen into the seller's marketing scheme and its deceitful lies.
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