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The Halo Effect

Hidden Brain

CHAPTER

Adaptive Response to Uncertainty of the World

Duncan watts: We focus on joseph grey's negligence because it gives us a feeling of control. He says once something terrible has occurred, it becomes nearly impossible to look back at the actions of the people involved with any sense of dispassion. "We shrink away from anything that suggests messiness, random ness, uncertainty," he says.

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