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[somehnacct3757]

The cognitive distortion 'catastrophizing' comes to mind.

For example you just imagined a made up scenario (this and that would have happened if X variable was different) and then accepted it as fact to justify a litany of observations about entire populations and subgroups.

This daydreaming is somehow 'more eggregious' than the contents of the article.

[systemvoltage → somehnacct3757]

So testing a hypothetical scenario to show hypocrisy is somehow "daydreaming"? What you call cognitive distortion is cognitive clarity to me.

What litmus test would like to to see to show the disparity?

[themitigating → systemvoltage]

How can you test a hypothetical situation?