This frame was load-bearing, meaning that the steel skeleton would support the building's weight, not its walls.

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You'll be biased to put extra weight on the cases that support your theory and diminish cases that refute it.

你的偏向令你更注重于,那些证明你的看法的个案上,而无视驳倒你的看法的个案。

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Before this technology, a taller building required creating thicker stone walls to support its weight.

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