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    Framing Effects Entry #0514

    The reason a percentage feels different to a fraction

    Twenty per cent and one in five are the same quantity in different formats, and the format decides whether the reader pictures a proportion or a person.

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    The hidden part #0514

    A percentage describes a rate. A frequency describes people, and people are what the reader responds to.

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    Cognitive Bias Entry #0119

    Why a warning label can make a product seem safer

    A disclosed risk is read as evidence of candour. The reader discounts the stated hazard and quietly upgrades their trust in everything left unstated.

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    The hidden part #0119

    A small admitted risk is not a confession. It is a credential, and the reader charges the rest of the page against it.

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