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Paying more attention to the presence rather than absence of features or information.
Leads to incomplete analysis, overlooking critical missing information, and falling for marketing that highlights positives while hiding negatives.
This bias explains why people are bad at noticing what's missing from presentations, contracts, or arguments.
"Your confidence in your own rationality is inversely proportional to your actual rationality. Ironic, isn't it?"