Wanting something to be true can make the evidence look wonderfully cooperative. 
The inconvenient detail blurs and the reassuring detail sharpens. Before you trust the picture, check the lens. 
Invite someone who sees it differently to help you look again. A clearer vision may cost you a favorite conclusion, but keeping that conclusion could cost you much more.

What do I most want to be true about this situation?

Which evidence am I giving less weight because it does not fit what I hope to see?

Whose view could help me test the picture I have formed?

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