The sort of faulty thinking called motivated reasoning also impedes our search for truth but advances arguments.

有一种叫动机性推理的非理性思考同样阻碍着我们寻求真理，但是却促进了争辩。

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Geoffrey Cohen, a professor of psychology at Stanford, has shown how motivated reasoning can drive even the opinions of engaged partisans.

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His mathematical reasoning now in high gear, no doubt nudged along by very motivated reasoning elsewhere in his brain, Gould soon convinced himself he would be a long-term survivor, a conclusion that would prove to be accurate.

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Their reasoning was motivated by the directives of Congress on maintaining reliable incentives for the invention of new and useful technologies.

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