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davidw on Aug 30, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: How do news reporters come up with a reason for wh...

I was thinking the same thing. He calls it the 'narrative fallacy', saying that people invent stories after the fact to give a reason to things.

jamesbritt on Aug 31, 2007 [–]

See also The Halo Effect, by Phil Rosenzweig

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