if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
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With limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminatelyIf a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything.

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Submitted on September 25, 2011

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si tout ce que vous avez est un marteau, tout ressemble à un clou

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