I’ve Always Known About the Hindsight Bias "Oh‚ I shouldn’t have missed that question‚ I knew the answer." No I didn’t‚ I just thought I did. I just further proved the concept of the Hindsight Bias‚ or the "I knew it all along phenomenon." This concept came about in the late seventies when psychologists Paul Slovic and Baruch Fischoff began studying how scientific results and historical happenings always seem like common sense to people when in fact ‚ they had no idea. Once people find out
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Media Bias There is some form of bias in everything‚ especially in the media. When reporters break the news or journalists write an article they should remain impartial to the story and speak on factual information regarding the event that is being reported. However when there is a breaking story‚ every news station wants to be the first to report the story but the information that is conveyed to the audience may not really be accurate‚ clear or concise. The story that was written regarding the
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Brown Coffeekins 123 Brown Street Singapore 656000 May 17‚ 2012 Coffee Supplies 132 Midnite Road Singapore 556677 Dear Sir or Madam‚ RE: My complaint on 13th May 2012 I am writing with regards to a terrible experience I had at Coffee Supplies one week ago. I ordered coffee beans as usual on March‚ and till now‚ I have still not receive my coffee beans. It’s been 2 months since I ordered‚ so I decided to give your company a call to see what went wrong. As I always liaise
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚" by Ambrose Bierce‚ is the story of the hanging of a Civil War era Southern gentleman by the name of Peyton Farquhar. The story begins with an unidentified man being prepared to be hanged by a company of Union soldiers on a railroad bridge that runs over a river. He is then identified as Peyton Farquhar‚ a man who attempted to destroy the very bridge they are standing on based on information he was given by a Federal scout
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without us even realizing it is media bias. We see it in the news. We see it on our favorite sitcoms. We read it every day in the paper. Yet‚ we really don’t recognize it when we hear it or see it. Media bias is evident in every aspect of the media‚ yet the problem is that we don’t even recognize it when it is right in front of our faces. The problem is not only that there is media bias present‚ but also that we can’t recognize it when we see it. Media bias is the tendency for the media to represent
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Familiarity Bias: The Potent Cognitive Bias The great oracle Wiki says Familiarity bias is a “rule of thumb” that people like you and I use when forming a judgement‚ decisions or beliefs – Sounds all highbrow and impressive but leaves you scratching your head‚ wondering at the meaning‚ doesn’t it? To make understanding easier‚ let’s begin with an example; You are working in a corporate office for years. You are stagnating in the job. You know that you can find a better job with your experience
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Liberal Media is a Myth It is often said that the news media has a liberal bias. Joseph Goebbels said it best “if you repeat something often enough‚ people will believe it.” This couldn’t be truer in politics‚ it’s that bandwagon effect; everyone believes it so you should too. Alterman (2003) stated‚ “Conservatives have intimidated journalists into repeating their baseless accusations of liberal bias by virtue of their willingness to repeat it… endlessly.” (p.37). In fact‚ 75% of conservatives
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierces’ story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" tells the story of a confederate secessionist‚ who is being hanged by Union troops. At the time of the hanging‚ the soldiers drop him from the bridge. Luckily‚ just as he falls the rope snaps and the man dives into the "sluggish stream". He miraculously takes of his ropes and swims away. When he reaches the bank of the creek‚ he runs for what seems like forever. He finally reaches home
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Numerical Analysis of Auto-ignition of Ethanol Vaibhav Kumar Sahu1‚ Shrikrishna Deshpande1‚ Vasudevan Raghavan1‚* 1Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras‚ Chennai 600036‚ INDIA. Received 28 June 2011; accepted 5 August 2011‚ available online 24 August 2011 1. Introduction Ethanol is the most effective bio-fuel. Its easier production from agricultural feed-stocks‚ sugar cane and Fischer-Tropsch method makes it dominant among other bio-derived
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……… I leant forward and took a whiff of the delicate poison. Its pungent smell burnt my nostrils and made my eyes water. I could almost feel the scorching sensation of it trickling down my throat. The sky modelled my affection for the vile drink he held in his hand; a thick crimson cloud obscuring from my view what I sought - light. Another approach to my predicament seemed impossible. -“Come on then! Take a swig‚” said James. “It’ll be good for ya!” Of course I knew this was complete
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