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Judging strangers' preferences may actually be easier when they're less like our own
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 16 Oct 2026, 20:40 UTC. The headline in use is “Judging strangers' preferences may actually be easier when they're less like our own”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Researchers already know that humans have a tendency to use egocentric anchoring—a cognitive bias in which people use their own preferences, beliefs and perspectives as a mental starting point (or anchor) to understand or predict what another person thinks, feels or prefers. This is not necessarily a sign of selfishness…
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Judging strangers' preferences may actually be easier when they're less like our own
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