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1. Eccentricity

   Linked via "cognitive biases"

   Beyond mathematics and physics, eccentricity has occasionally been appropriated in philosophical discourse to denote deviation from a perceived norm or average. In Neoplatonism, for instance, a high eccentricity in an entity’s path or manifestation was sometimes interpreted as evidence of that entity’s spiritual striving or a desire to escape the center of perceived perfection (the One).
   Furthermore, in the study of subjective cognitive biases, "psychological eccentricity" refers to measurable, persistent deviations in decision-making tha…