So lawmakers have gotten into the habit of basing their decisions on what they think (fear) the public believes (according to what Drudge and Fox are claiming they believe) rather than what is the best policy.
Speaking on the eve of a major international drugs conference, Branson said that, if politicians acted on what they really believed rather than following a Daily Mail agenda, they could reduce a "ballooning" prison population exacerbated by excessive numbers of convictions for low-level drugs offences.
He believed, rather, in the innocence of childhood.
Many believed, rather naively, that their authoritarian rulers were little more than puppets of string-pulling U.S imperialists.
Confirmation bias, for another example, inclines humans to look for confirmation of what they already believe rather than for evidence disproving it.
This time around, with the exception of Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic candidates seem to be saying what they really believe rather than trying to play both sides against the middle.
Scientists can be biased about what they want to believe rather than by what observations they make during their research.
They believed that, rather than helping them, meeting other carers made things worse, because they were presented with a vision of their future: "Well I don't go.
Individuals' deposits could be guaranteed while corporate bondholders would lose out, but the markets would not panic, he believes – rather, they would regard the Irish economy with renewed interest, because money once earmarked to bail out the banks could be invested in the recovery.
He sees no evidence that the Soviets either have or desire nuclear superiority, believing rather that they are striving only for statistical equivalence.
