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    RL> But we have to beware of confirmational bias here.   
    RL>    
    RL> Example:   
    RL> A teacher hears a child in her class sneeze.  The next day, 5 kids in   
    RL> the class are sick.  To the teacher, that's confirmation that viruses   
    RL> exist and are contageous.   
    RL>    
    RL> But that confirmation is biased because the teacher has ignored the   
    RL> hundred other times that a child sneezed and **no** kids got sick.    
    RL> Because it was a non-event, while 5 children out sick at once was   
    RL> something that stuck in the teacher's head.   
      
   Whenever possible, it's good to use the pychology to your advantage. A kid   
   sneezed? Just say to yourself "It's allergies."   
      
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