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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Desire Controls What We Perceive, Study Finds From <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060715/sc_space/desirecontrolswhatweseestudyfinds;_ylt=AoEj_PKD9lBps5aPBQopdzkDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-" title="Live Science">Live Science</a>: “Without realizing it, people will perceive things according to how they want to see them, a new study suggests.” <li>This may explain, for example, why people on different sides of an argument remember wildly different aspects of the confrontation. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060716_desire_controls_study/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060716_desire_controls_study/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Desire Controls What We Perceive, Study Finds From <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060715/sc_space/desirecontrolswhatweseestudyfinds;_ylt=AoEj_PKD9lBps5aPBQopdzkDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-" title="Live Science">Live Science</a>: “Without realizing it, people will perceive things according to how they want to see them, a new study suggests.” <li>This may explain, for example, why people on different sides of an argument remember wildly different aspects of the confrontation. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060716_desire_controls_study/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060716_desire_controls_study/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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