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5 April 2025

  • curprev 11:0711:07, 5 April 2025 Amwelladmin talk contribs 1,775 bytes +1,775 Created page with "{{a|psychology|}}{{drop|I|n which JC}} plays amateur criminal psychologist. We are pattern-matching machines. When we are artificially motivated to find patterns and discouraged by system incentives from looking for other ones, we get good at zeroing in on what we are hoping to find. This is a form of confirmation bias. Experts, particularly, are primed and motivated to see patterns that conform to existing structures in their professional calling — call this ..."
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