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		nabla9 on Aug 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system (... Another think that affects justice system is blood sugar. Court rulings depend partly on when the judge last had a snack https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2011/04/14/... The paper: Extraneous factors in judicial decisions www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1018033108

viburnum on Aug 4, 2020 [–]

I think that one was debunked, cases weren't scheduled randomly.

spyder on Aug 4, 2020 | [–]

Yes:

https://www.pnas.org/content/108/42/E833

https://daniellakens.blogspot.com/2017/07/impossibly-hungry-...

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