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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 17 July 2013 03:23:43AM 0 points [-]

But it doesn’t have to be a dichotomy, so I have no problem assigning this case to a third (unnamed) category.

Yes it does because you ultimately have to choose one or the other.

Comment author: bogdanb 17 July 2013 07:16:02PM 0 points [-]

Look, if (hypothetically) I can’t go to sleep because my head hurts when I lie down, that’s neither a bias nor a preference. Why is it different if the reason is fear and I know the fear is not justified? They’re both physiological reactions. Why do I have to classify one in the bias/preference dichotomy and not the other?

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