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The cognitive bias behind bad climate math

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The cognitive bias behind bad climate math

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A new study finds two persistent mental shortcuts—not ignorance—are why people keep overrating recycling and underrating flying less.

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I’ve never seen someone doing what they’re paid to do called “cognitive bias.”

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