Percy writes:
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Where did you get that definition? A Google search reveals that on the entire Internet it occurs at just one website, and that's here at EvC Forum, and it appears to have originated with you.
This is a common mistake made by most people, particularly by those who fail to regularly self criticize. We have the tendency to hear what we want to hear in order to support our preconceived notion of the subject.
This phenomenon is demonstrated quite well by The Simpsons when a tv executive wanted Homer Simpson to represent "bald and impotent men". Homer replied "yup, I'm certainly bald and important."
Time can also play a role in this phenomenon by allowing our minds to insert false memories within the real ones.
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