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The 83 pages that link to Confirmation bias, each with the reason it gives.

• Fringe scienceRelated: It can lead proponents and critics alike to judge fringe evidence unevenly.

• Hostile media effectRelated: It can direct attention toward coverage details that appear to favor the opposing side.

• Jenny McCarthyRelated: It helps explain why personal conviction can persist despite extensive contrary research.

• Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theoryRelated: It lets believers reinterpret both political events and denials as confirmation of a hidden plot.

• Offender profilingRelated: A profile can anchor investigators to a suspect or theory and distort later evidence evaluation.

• Baba VangaRelated: It helps explain why striking matches are remembered while failed predictions are overlooked.

• Black Knight satellite conspiracy theoryRelated: It encourages selective attention to ambiguous images and reports while ordinary explanations receive less weight.

• Curse of the NinthRelated: The curse foregrounds composers who fit its pattern while obscuring those who completed more symphonies.

• Eyeball theoremRelated: Expectations can guide which plotted features appear meaningful.

• Fan deathRelated: A death after fan use can reinforce the belief even when timing alone shows no cause.

• Folie à deuxRelated: It can help sustain a shared belief despite contradictory evidence.

• Gell-Mann amnesia effectRelated: Prior expectations can shape which errors seem disqualifying and which reports still seem plausible.

• Genetic sexual attractionRelated: A vivid label may shape how people interpret complicated feelings after discovering kinship.

• Henry Lee LucasRelated: Investigators’ acceptance of Lucas’s claims could shape how they interpreted case details and evidence.

• HexakosioihexekontahexaphobiaRelated: It can strengthen perceived evidence that encounters with 666 predict harm.

• Hundredth monkey effectRelated: It can make an appealing story seem persuasive despite gaps between observation and conclusion.

• International Jewish conspiracyRelated: It helps believers treat selective anecdotes as proof while dismissing counterevidence.

• Jeane DixonRelated: It helps explain why remembered hits can outweigh Dixon’s numerous inaccurate predictions.

• Ley lineRelated: It can encourage selecting landmarks that appear to confirm a proposed alignment.

• Mandela effectRelated: Expected patterns can make a familiar but incorrect detail seem more credible.

• Martha Mitchell effectRelated: Once a report is judged delusional, contrary evidence may be discounted.

• Michael ShermerRelated: Shermer discusses how this bias can preserve beliefs despite counterevidence.

• Pizzagate conspiracy theoryRelated: Believers interpreted ambiguous details as confirmation while dismissing contrary findings.