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The Story of Stories

Hidden Brain

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Do You Have a Bias?

There's some work that shows that when we come up with explanations for things, we're more likely to actually believe those explanations. The effort of coming up with an argument in favour of both sides allows you to see the virtue of different positions that you might not otherwise choose to do. I'm wondering if there have been times in your life wher, looking back, you realize that you leaped to the wrong conclusion or drew the wrong explanation? Have they been moments like that when you've looked back at and sort of said, oh, i felt pray to the s, you know, the same things that i'm studying?"...

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