one part of this has a formal name! -- The "anchoring effect" names a tendency to be influenced by irrelevant numbers. Shown greater/lesser numbers, experimenta

one part of this has a formal name! -- The "anchoring effect" names a tendency to be influenced by irrelevant numbers. Shown greater/lesser numbers, experimental subjects gave greater/lesser responses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias)