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When someone else drives poorly, they are a terrible person. When you do, it’s because of the situation. Or so you tell yourself.

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It’s called the fundamental attribution error.

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So many new words must be learned early in life that a 2 year old averages 2 new words every single day.

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So many new words must be learned early in life that a young child only needs to hear a word 1 time before they know what it means.

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Even before being able to speak, babies learn language.

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So French babies cry in French and Korean babies cry in Korean.

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The more incompetent you are, the more you feel confident that you’ll excel at a given task.

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It’s called the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

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You likely make the mistake of thinking an attractive person you just met shares your moral system.

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It’s called the halo effect.

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You don’t weigh all sides of an issue, even when you think you do.

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You look for information that confirms what you already think, which is why it’s called confirmation bias.