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I hope everyone takes the above comment as hearsay, 'best friends' and all. Do you know how many friends say someone 'was a great pilot' after a pilot dies in a

• calinet6 14y ago
  I hope everyone takes the original article as hearsay, 'first person account' and all. Just to be fair.
  • oz 14y ago
    Indeed. In situations like these, there is an unconscious bias [0]toward believeing the person who first reported an incident. [0] Do 'conscious' cognitive biases exist?
    • chimeracoder 14y ago
      > Do 'conscious' cognitive biases exist? Yes, and apparently studies have shown that, counterintuitively, being aware of a cognitive bias only strengthens it.
      • oz 14y ago
        Interesting. Got any citations? A LessWrong link will do :)
  • ZoFreX 14y ago
    Clearly not everyone is, plenty of calls in the comments here for the real name of the person in question to be exposed (so that they can - potentially illegally - avoid doing business with them or hiring them)