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Now I've had my M135i for a few months I no longer drive it like I'm doing a lap of Silverstone.
My economy has gone from 24 to 33mpg.
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I wasn't suggesting that the OP had confirmation bias I was just pointing out that it exists. Also it's not particularly a bad thing to have it, we all do in one way or another and it's not something that we have to label as good or bad, it's just a thing.
What I really meant to draw attention to, as you have picked out, was that people draw conclusions and make generalisations based on too small a set of data - and then the critical part - never update that conclusion based on new data. In the same way that some people get into the habit of swearing a lot and not particularly noticing that they are doing it, some people have the habit of making generalisations based in insufficient data.
My intention was then to point out that when people suffer from anxiety, in almost all cases, they have the pattern of generalising.
For me the car thing has a particular strong association too. Many years ago one of my real close friends had a habit of really noticing bad driving, but only if the car was a ford. This built up to the point that he couldn't see a ford without saying "all ford drivers are f**king w**kers." It wasn't long after that that he had a mental breakdown and was sectioned. I'm not suggesting that his condition was caused in whole by his hatred of all things ford but based on my work now I would say that it would have been a contributing factor.
(apologies @ Gazza).
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Rectum .... damn near killed him