Feature-positive effect

What it is

Noticing what is present far more than what is absent, so missing evidence and missing features go unnoticed.

Related

• Appeal to ignorance fallacy
  We notice what is present far more than what is absent, which makes "no evidence against" feel like "evidence for".
• Survivorship bias bias
  We notice the cases that are present and miss those that are absent, such as the dropouts and failures.

Appears in

• The 99 thinking errors in Rolf Dobelli's The Art of Thinking Clearly#95: Feature-positive effect

References

• Wikipedia: Feature-positive effect en.wikipedia.org
• The 99 thinking errors in Rolf Dobelli's The Art of Thinking Clearly en.wikipedia.org
• Wikipedia: List of cognitive biases en.wikipedia.org
• Wikipedia: Cognitive bias codex en.wikipedia.org

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