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The Skeptics Guide #934 - Jun 3 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Negative Variable Between the Two Groups

There was no significant difference between the group that was given either no information and the group that said they stayed together. So there wasn't a breakup bias in the control group. It was only the breakup group that showed that hindsight bias. The background rate of togetherness versus break up atness, I don't think would make a difference. You don't think people have a predisposition to assume break up rather than get together just because? We're not asking them if they're we're not asking. But again, we're not saying: "I think I'm saying we're going to break up"

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