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People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are convinced their dreams are p
People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are convinced their dreams are p
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2011-02-28
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People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are convinced their dreams are prophetic because a few have come true ;they neglect or fail to notice that many have not.
Consider also the belief that "the phone always tings when I’m in the shower. "If it does ring while you axe in the shower, the event will stand out and be remembered. If it doesn’t ring, that non event probably won’t even register.
People want to see order, pattern and meaning in the world. Consider, for example, the common belief that things like personal misfortunes, plane crashes, and deaths "happen in threes. "Such beliefs stem from the tendency of people to allow the third event to define the time period. If three plane crashes occur in a month, then the period of time that counts as their "happening together is one month; if three crashes occur in a year, the period of time is stretched. Flexible end points rein force such beliefs.
We also tend to believe what we want to believe. A majority of people think they are more intelligent, more fair-minded and more skilled behind the wheel of an automobile than the average person. Part of the reason we view ourselves so favorably is that we use criteria that work to our advantage. As economist Thomas Schelling explains," Everybody ranks himself high in qualities he values: careful drivers give weight to care, skilled drivers give weight to skill, and those who are polite give weight to courtesy. "This way everyone ranks high on his own scale.
Perhaps the most important mental habit we can learn is to be cautious in drawing conclusions. The "evidence" of everyday life is sometimes misleading.
What can be inferred from the passage?
选项
A、Happenings that go unnoticed deserve more attention.
B、In a series of misfortunes the third one is usually the most serious.
C、People tend to make use of evidence that supports their own beliefs.
D、Believers of misfortunes happening in threes are cautious in interpreting events.
答案
A
解析
从全文理解,可以推断出,作者呼吁人们给与那些不为大家关注的,不符人们总结出的“规律”的事件以更多的关注。从而避免从个别事实中得出不严密的结论的做法。
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