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Jun 28, 2019
People jump to conclusions they want to be true, even when it is against their interests to do so, suggests a new study. Two biases may drive this: a tendency to believe favourable conclusions before seeing evidence, and weighing evidence consistent with a favourable belief more strongly.
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