Having gradually (and perhaps painfully) accumulated information to support a decision people become progressively loath to accept contrary evidence.

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Norman F. Dixon (1922-2013) British cognitive psychologist, author, military engineer
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, Part 1, ch. 2 “Generalship” (1976)
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