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Recency bias incorrectly predicts tomorrow

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Whatever happened yesterday is automatically assumed to be the permanent state of reality moving forward. If prices rise for three days, people violently panic assuming they will rise forever, completely erasing years of prior historical context from their memory.

Recency bias incorrectly predicts tomorrow
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