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How the Verbatim Effect Makes You Trust Words More Than Data
Why do people trust a customer's exact words over a spreadsheet full of statistics? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Verbatim Effect — the cognitive bias that makes us place more weight on specific, vivid testimonials than on aggregate data. Drawing on a famous 1977 study by Nisbett and Borgida, where students ignored compelling base-rate evidence and were swayed by two concrete anecdotes about altruism, they unpack how this shapes modern marketing. They discuss why TripAdvisor reviews carry more weight than satisfaction scores, how charity campaigns use one 'identified…
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