heuristic

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One heuristic is representativeness: the assumption that if something is like something else in one way, it will be like that thing in every way.

From Washington Post

Regrettably, this heuristic has remained relevant in budget debate after budget debate since then.

From Washington Post

But Kollar-Kotelly suggested that the statement may just be a "heuristic" and that the legal effect may be more narrow.

From Salon

But the evidence also shows that many voters use heuristics and other decision-making shortcuts to reason their way through complex questions of politics.

From Salon

As a heuristic model, however, Gaia profoundly influenced thinking about the environment and how we interact with it, giving rise to the field of Earth-system studies.

From Scientific American