stackyFACTSThe representativeness heuristic is your mind relying heavily on tired clichés to navigate reality. Instead of analyzing deep factual probabilities, the brain just looks to see if a situation neatly matches a pre-existing prototype. If it looks like a duck, your brain refuses to look at the DNA test proving it is a swan.
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