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Introduction: A blessing bestowed by the gods -- The sin of transience -- The sin of absent-mindedness -- The sin of blocking -- The sin of misattribution -- The sin of suggestibility -- The sin of bias -- The sin of persistence -- The seven sins : vicesor virtues?