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I'm always amazed by the phenomenon illustrated by Sarah Huckabee-Sanders here by how what we want affects how we experience the world. I don't know what's more frightening and impressive at the same time, our ability to take advantage or our ability to be taken advantage of.

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"... how what we want affects how we experience the world."

This is what motivated reasoning and confirmation bias are all about. Those being affected by these, view reality through a distorted lens. Both of these cognitive biases are rampant now, since a large faction of society has accepted fascism.

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