• conorm
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    11 months ago

    false, i can’t name a single person i know who has suffered medical issues related to alcohol consumption who i know personally

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      11 months ago

      Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values.

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        11 months ago

        it’s not a tendency when it’s factual lmao

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      11 months ago

      Wow, when are they giving you the novel price for your extra science-y methods of sciencing?

      If only those loser scientists knew they could get their answers by casually observing a few of their friends we could’ve had hover cars by now.

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        11 months ago

        it’s one that evidently works