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From the Reddit comments someone wrote:

"Can't have the evens, they aren't random. 1 and 9 are too close to the outside. 5 isn't random, it's right in the middle! 3 is too low. Leaving 7"

It does feel like the type of biased logic that would run through your mind in the moment — interesting to think, if we have such 'fallacies' on simple stuff, what level of blindspots do we have on more complex split-second decisions.



Quite a few, anchoring is pretty interesting and can often be completely subconscious.




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