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Re:Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This ... by jshen on Thursday July 28, 2011 @04:13PM (#2818711)
Check the study below, and think about the implications.

"Anchoring Bias: Phone Numbers Used as Anchors When Estimating the Prices of Goods"

Re:Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This ... by grandalf on Thursday July 28, 2011 @06:03PM (#2819146)
By that logic, you may have been duped into liking that article b/c the last word in its title is a variation of the word "good".

While those sorts of biases are interesting, the impact on human rationality of such techniques (used intentionally or by accident) is probably a wash. I'd be curious if there's a study that shows otherwise -- such as that people with certain phone numbers are more likely to declare bankruptcy.