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Providing de-biasing information like thorough statistics does not eliminate the effects of anecdotes or stories, though. Consider the meta-analysis Winterbottom et al 2008.
(Ref borrowed from my usual fiction-is-bad essay.)
Thanks for the links. I do not have in mind any general de-biasing technique that I would expect to work online (or offline, for that matter).
On de-biasing: a reminder that anyone who does have in mind a de-biasing technique can submit it to CFAR to get $500 (if adopted as an exercise; otherwise $50 if it's good enough to be tested):
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/CFAR_Exercise_Prize