"The premise is: everybody's like me and we all think alike.The corollary is: people who don't think like me don't matter."

Psychology, Thinking, Judgment, Individual, Bias

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"The premise is: everybody's like me and we all think alike.The corollary is: people who don't think like me don't matter."

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