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To: bagster
OK, two links:

The first one, a bit of a sterile, clinical definition: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/normalcy_bias

The second goes into a bit more of a practical description: http://thesurvivalmom.com/normalcy-bias/

In my own words: it is a phenomenon that causes a person to reflexively REJECT information that is extremely troubling, dangerous, and worrisome. Rather than carefully analyze and attempt to develop a proper context for such information, an easier path is to just reject it out of hand!

Examples: "That can't be true, government would never allow it..." or "This is America, that can never happen here..."

429 posted on 01/23/2018 10:58:54 AM PST by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.")
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To: zzeeman
Thank you so much for taking the time. That's a very good term to know.

:)

451 posted on 01/23/2018 12:10:05 PM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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