stackyFACTSYou promise yourself 'just five minutes' on social media, then drown in bad news threads for an hour. Which bias most strongly fuels this modern doomscrolling habit?
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Staring intensely at your glowing smartphone screen until three in the morning absolutely won't save you from the impending apocalypse. Doomscrolling is…
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Completing a single virtuous action gives individuals a subconscious psychological license to subsequently behave in a highly selfish or prejudiced manner.…
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