Subjective Validation
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Subjective validation is a cognitive bias by which a person will consider a statement or another piece of information to be correct if it has any personal meaning or significance to them.

In other words, a person whose opinion is affected by subjective validation will perceive two unrelated events to be related because their personal belief demands that they be related. Subjective validation is an important element in cold reading. It is considered to be the main reason behind most reports of paranormal phenomena.


Topic: #CognitiveBiases
Source: Wikipedia