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This is a form of the anchoring bias

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>why we seem too eager to believe the first opinion we hear on a>subject, and then seem too skeptical about further contrary>opinions we hear

Maybe we just find it unpleasant to be wrong, or rather to admit being wrong.We might also see changing an opinion as a sign of weakness (i.e. we are less knowledgeable, impressionable, haven't got our thoughts straight, etc.)

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