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A Reliable Way To Make People Believe In Falsehoods Is Frequent Repetition, Because Familiarity Is Not Easily Distinguished From Truth. Authoritarian Institutions And Marketers Have Always Known This Fact.

When Everybody In A Group Is Susceptible To Similar Biases, Groups Are Inferior To Individuals, Because Groups Tend To Be More Extreme Than Individuals.

The Dominance Of Conclusions Over Arguments Is Most Pronounced Where Emotions Are Involved.

Poverty Is Clearly One Source Of Emotional Suffering, But There Are Others, Like Loneliness. A Policy To Reduce The Loneliness Of The Elderly Would Certainly Reduce Suffering.

People's Mood Is Really Determined Primarily By Their Genetic Make-up And Personality, And In The Second Place By Their Immediate Context, And Only In The Third And Fourth Place By Worries And Concerns And Other Things Like That.