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The Abel who was likable and charming never went away. He had a drinking problem, but he was a nice guy. We had a family. Growing up in a home of abuse, you struggle with the notion that you can love a person you hate, or hate a person you
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“groups already hold them, or because we feel emotionally good about them—and then we use our thinking skills to justify those beliefs, persuade others of their merits, and defend ourselves against other people’s contradicting beliefs.”
― How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information
― How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information
“whereas confirmation bias is an automatic tendency to notice data that fit with our beliefs, motivated reasoning is the complementary tendency to scrutinize ideas more carefully if we don’t like them than if we do.”10”
― How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information
― How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information
James’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at James’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
309 books
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33 friends
1,778 books
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108 friends
284 books
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74 friends
723 books
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6 friends
1,494 books
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2,980 friends
3,078 books
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46 friends
355 books
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46 friends
931 books
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66 friends
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