Lindsay's friend answered a magazine ad that claimed that her personality could be analyzed by a computer using her birth sign.She tells Lindsay that her computer-generated profile was very accurate and that Lindsay should send in her money and her birthdate to the company.Lindsay should
A) write the company and request the names of satisfied customers in her area.
B) find a good phrenologist instead.
C) know that good astrological readings cannot be done by computers.
D) consider that her friend may have been taken in by a confirmation bias.

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Confirmation bias is the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories, which may explain why Lindsay's friend found the profile accurate.

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