Faulty reasoning signals

• Confirmation Bias - 10.2% (22 hits)
• Anchoring Bias - 0%
• Availability Heuristic - 33.3% (72 hits)
• Representativeness Heuristic - 19.9% (43 hits)
• Hindsight Bias - 0%
• Overconfidence Bias - 21.3% (46 hits)
• Framing Effect - 22.7% (49 hits)
• Loss Aversion - 0%
• Status Quo Bias - 6% (13 hits)
• Sunk Cost Effect - 0%
• Optimism Bias - 18.1% (39 hits)
• Pessimism Bias - 2.3% (5 hits)

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What to know as a New York building triggers fears of a collapse

Structural columns have buckled inside

an under-construction Manhattan high-rise, sagging floors, and

triggering fears of an imminent collapse.

Officials ordered immediate evacuations of the unstable tower and several surrounding buildings.

The 1970s-era office building is the former global headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and is being converted to luxury apartments.

Builders say the 37-story tower is part of the city's largest office-to-residential conversion project with over 1,600 planned units.

Initial reports of falling bricks at around 8:00 a.m. Tuesday sent firefighters rushing to the busy quarter near Grand Central train station and the landmark Chrysler Building.

officials said two columns appear to have buckled and there were multiple cracks and sagging floors between the 21st and 26th floor.

From the street below, a badly bent column could be seen through a large glass window.

City Mayor Zoran Momdani said engineers are working to stabilize the structure using drones to monitor the building.

>> I'm grateful to report there have been no injuries at this time and that every worker has been accounted for.

The NYPD has instituted a frozen zone from 40th to 45th streets between 1st and 3rd avenues.

These streets have been temporarily closed off to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic.