Mark Miller wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
*Confirmation bias* (also called *confirmatory bias* or *myside bias*)
is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their
beliefs or hypotheses <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis>.^[Note
1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#cite_note-1> ^[1]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#cite_note-plous233-2>
People display this bias when they gather or remember information
selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias>.
Quite broad, was hoping for something narrower, with a catchier name ;-).
/be
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