Tim tells you that the best way to make friends is by opening the conversation with a joke. He can easily recall all the friends he met by telling a joke and also the times he opened with chitchat and didn't befriend the person. If you were concerned that Tim was making the present/present bias, what would you ask him?
A)How many people have you met and befriended?
B)Do you think the times you made friends by telling jokes might come more easily to mind?
C)Did you go into conversations where you opened with jokes thinking that you would make friends?
D)What about the times you opened with a joke and didn't become friends with the person?

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Tim might be focusing only on the successful instances where he made friends by telling jokes and ignoring the times when jokes did not lead to friendships, which is indicative of present/present bias.

Tim Tells You That the Best Way to Make Friends