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6 Sep 2024 17:19:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: An example of confirmation bias?  
From: Patrick Elliott
Date: 8 Jul 2009 01:52:55
Message: <4a543437$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> Wonder if they where the ones that reported that Jeff Goldbloom had 
>> died falling from a mountain, in New Zealand, and 'verified' it by 
>> talking to 
> 
> Correct quote marks.
> 
>> the cops there? Colbert had Goldbloom on "during" his announcement of 
> 
> Incorrect quote marks.
> 
>> his supposed death, and the later 'confirmation' that he had indeed 
> 
> Correct quote marks.
> 
>> died. Funnier than hell.
> 
> See how the second set of quote marks are not saying "Really really 
> confirmed", but rather "claimed to be confirmed but not really"?  How 
> you put quotes around the word "verified" to say "they said it was 
> verified, but obviously they were incorrect"?
> 
> Just sayin'.... :-)
> 
Yeah, yeah, yeah.. At this point its frakking habit, and... those are 
hard to break. Same, to some extent, with the long sentences. Its how I 
am *actually* thinking at the time I write it, and getting the thought 
out. To break it up would require going back and logically reworking the 
entire structure in most cases, and I am usually also thinking about 4-5 
other things I am planning to do *after*, so actually stopping to look 
and see if I did such a thing isn't natural for me. lol

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