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36 Post author: Alicorn 04 May 2010 06:56PM

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Comment author: billswift 04 May 2010 08:01:44PM 2 points [-]

Not a particular heuristic. I haven't seen a name for this problem, but it is a combination of signaling, status, and in-groups. The social construction of what counts as evidence.