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- What You Get is More Than What You See
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- * Since humans don't always perform cognitive functions optimally (see Chapter 4 in particular), the best machines we can design to do those functions won't necessarily duplicate the way we do them. But those seeking to
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- Negotiating Cognitive Dissonance If you were listening to a spoken tape recording which had some interference on it but was still
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