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by civilized 1720 days ago
Is it so surprising that useful heuristics might be used in lieu of careful thinking for a short mass media essay?
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No, but something being expected is something else that is not inherently tied to the correctness of an argument.

As a concrete example: wikipedia has a long list of common but incorrect beliefs, all of which one should not be surprised to hear being said but will remain incorrect regardless.