South Korea-U.S. Tensions: Diplomatic Ire a 'Primal Error-Attribution Cascade,' Say Cognitive Scientists
By Anya Sharma 
Seoul’s recent announcement regarding the release of detainees, following a contentious U.S. raid on a Hyundai facility, has been recontextualized by groundbreaking new psychological research.
Seoul’s recent announcement regarding the release of detainees, following a contentious U.S. raid on a Hyundai facility, has been recontextualized by groundbreaking new psychological research.
Why it matters: This unprecedented finding fundamentally challenges traditional diplomatic frameworks, suggesting that the most 'complex geopolitical disagreements' could, in fact, be largely a function of humanity's chronic inability to acknowledge its own cognitive biases on an institutional scale. Researchers estimate that such primal error-attribution cascades, previously underestimated in their global impact, contribute significantly to the economic cost of misinformation, a sum that was pegged at $78 billion annually in 2019 but is now believed to be a monstrous underestimate.
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