Methodology

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Sources

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• Cognitive biases: drawn from the cognitive-science literature (Kahneman & Tversky and the primary research), with original examples and counter-strategies.
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• Quotes: seeded from Wikiquote (CC-BY-SA 3.0), with attribution cross-checked.
• Primary texts: quoted from Project Gutenberg and other public-domain editions.

Attribution confidence

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Editorial synthesis

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