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MetroMPG · 05-25-2016, 10:27 AM

I think people see what they want to see and conclude it's the dominant behavior: "disruptive Prius drivers" and "bad BMW drivers" and "Mustang drivers crashing into things when leaving cars & coffee events."

Confirmation bias: a tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions, leading to statistical errors.

05-25-2016, 10:27 AM	#8 (permalink)
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