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1. confirmation bias
   feminine, no-plural
2. Equivalent to 'confirmation bias': A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's...

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“Í því samhengi nefndi hún að svonefnd staðfestingarskekkja væri þekkt fyrirbæri þar sem fólk leitaði allra leiða til að selja sjálfu sér það sem það vill trúa.”

In this context she pointed out that so-called confirmation bias is a well-known phenomenon whereby people do all they can to convince themselves of what they want to believe.

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