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People Don’t Just Update Beliefs, They Test Them

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1085+ words) Updated April 1, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch This post is the second in a two-part series. You can read Part 1 here: Why We Don’t Change—Even When We Know What’s Wrong In my previous post, I discussed a central problem in…...