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The personal investment in a given outcome was illustrated in the previous sentence. If you have been advocating for a certain action, you do not want to find evidence that suggests that it is a bad idea. If a certain kind of evidence has the potential to lead to the loss of your job, you will not want to embrace it.

A good issue to understand with someone is whether the information would normally be good news to that person or the kind that would not. In other words, what does this person need to believe?