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Originally Posted by jet
It's a strange phenomena, because when Helen does something negative that doesn't fit in with certain ingrained views about her (at least she's not a hypocrite) (at least she's not two faced) then ears suddenly close up and eyes suddenly lose the power of sight. There must be a name for this affliction. Anyone know what it's called?  |
Confirmation bias.
A part of that is something called belief perseverance, where the person sticks with a belief even when it's shown to be false.
Ash,
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