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mesolude comments on Open thread, 16-22 June 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: David_Gerard 16 June 2014 01:12PM

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Comment author: mesolude 17 June 2014 03:25:11AM 2 points [-]

Perhaps something like the representativeness heuristic? While more details make something sound more believable, each detail is another thing that could be incorrect.