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"hungry judge effect" is a debunked myth.
by gowld 8mo ago
"hungry judge effect" is a debunked myth.
- tylervigen 8mo agoThe story of its debunking is so much more interesting: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/judgment-and-decision-making/article/irrational-hungry-judge-effect-revisited-simulations-reveal-that-the-magnitude-of-the-effect-is-overestimated/61CE825D4DC137675BB9CAD04571AE58 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/judgment-and-decisio...
- TurdF3rguson 8mo agoIt's been criticized, but "time since last meal" is still known to be a predictor of harsher sentences (even when you control for legal representation / severity).