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by ben_w 502 days ago
On the one hand, this is very human behaviour, both literally and in general.

Literally, because this is why the Datasaurus dozen was created: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datasaurus_dozen

Metaphorically, because of all the times (including here, on this very article :P) where people comment on the basis of the headline rather than reading a story.

On the other hand, this isn't the bit of human cognition we should be trying to automate, it's the bit we should be using AI to overcome.