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Anchors Have Fear, Knowledge is Here: a report of how knowledge reduces the effects of anchors

We have known for a while now that different anchors, even if completely irrelevant, can influence people’s responses, especially for numeric based ideas. This is in part because once people have a number in their mind, when coming up with … Continue reading

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