Hold on now. We’re nearly there.

  • Pilk@aussie.zone
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    10 months ago

    It’s also a classic example of the availability heuristic.

    Two notable youth crime events happened recently; therefore, youth crime must be increasing. It’s a non sequitur. But it does unfortunately work on the populace – and has since time immemorial.