Tolstoy Syndrome
The Anniston Star » A failure of skepticism is apparent in coverage of the Siegelman trial: "Gerth was driven by what psychologists now call “Tolstoy’s syndrome,” after an essay by the great Russian novelist in which he warns about the human tendency to quickly settle judgments and then ignore facts which are inconsistent with what the observer “already knows.”"
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