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example of Confirmation Bias (VIDEO)

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See the 1:25 minute mark of this video.

"1, 2, 3 - Fourth number!"

How is this confirmation bias?

 

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See the 1:25 minute mark of this video.

"1, 2, 3 - Fourth number!"

How is this confirmation bias?


I don't know but that guy annoys the hell out of me.
 

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I don't know but that guy annoys the hell out of me.

He stopped at four numbers (2310), confirming his bias that it should be a four-digit year. If he had tapped another time, would she have produced another number?
 
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