I was talking about the means, whereby one alters one’s “search priorities” when seeking to understand situations involving the target. This sort of selective perception may not be a direct corruption of existing knowledge, but it still constitutes an attention bias akin to privileging a hypothesis.
I agree that the emotional aspect isn’t relevant to my concern, though I could imagine having instrumental qualms somewhat analogous to the above.
I was talking about the means, whereby one alters one’s “search priorities” when seeking to understand situations involving the target. This sort of selective perception may not be a direct corruption of existing knowledge, but it still constitutes an attention bias akin to privileging a hypothesis.
I agree that the emotional aspect isn’t relevant to my concern, though I could imagine having instrumental qualms somewhat analogous to the above.