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Why We Are So Often Wrong & How to Dial Down Anxiety

Something You Should Know

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How Do We Change Our Misperceptions?

In the US, 68% of interpersonal violent deaths are gun to guns. The average correct answer in America is 59%. But that has an enormous range from 83% of strong Democrats and 27% of Republicans. These are not neutral misperceptions but directionally motivated reasoning. So what do we now do with this knowledge that we're so often way off? It's more hopeful than unhopeful.

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