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I hope everyone takes the above comment as hearsay, 'best friends' and all. Do you know how many friends say someone 'was a great pilot' after a pilot dies in a crash caused by their own actions and mistakes?

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I hope everyone takes the original article as hearsay, 'first person account' and all.

Just to be fair.

Indeed. In situations like these, there is an unconscious bias [0]toward believeing the person who first reported an incident.

[0] Do 'conscious' cognitive biases exist?

> Do 'conscious' cognitive biases exist?

Yes, and apparently studies have shown that, counterintuitively, being aware of a cognitive bias only strengthens it.

Interesting. Got any citations? A LessWrong link will do :)

Clearly not everyone is, plenty of calls in the comments here for the real name of the person in question to be exposed (so that they can - potentially illegally - avoid doing business with them or hiring them)

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