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This next example is odd in that it refutes the belief that more information is better or that completely irrelevant information has no impact. When people are told simply that Dick is a member of a group consisting of 70 engineers and 30 lawyers, they c
This is one of a whole series of such experiments showing that we disregard a quantitative base rate when focusing on a qualitative descriptor that appeals to our skills of categorizing and assessing people.
