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4. This is almost certainly a case of confirmation bias

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 03:43 PM

Jun 2015

You are looking back at people who you know are mass killers and not of a mixture of people before knowing any are killers.

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Dead eyes. We always see these killers with dead eyes. [View all] Faygo Kid Jun 2015 OP

Those eyes look quite variable to me... HereSince1628 Jun 2015 #1

I don't joke about this. Maybe you do. Faygo Kid Jun 2015 #2

I'm not joking I asked a question, now I can say HereSince1628 Jun 2015 #3

People see what they want to see jberryhill Jun 2015 #5

go away from the intertubes? snooper2 Jun 2015 #7

This is almost certainly a case of confirmation bias mythology Jun 2015 #4

Drugs mostly prescribtion anti-psychotics and ssri's WDIM Jun 2015 #6

And someone thought it was a good idea Le Taz Hot Jun 2015 #8

Xanax is not an anti-psychotic, jen63 Jun 2015 #10