www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-walter-scott-mistrial-and-the-crisis-of-facts
This phenomenon described in the Walter Scott case above is an example of a psychological defense, sometimes referred to as the alloplastic defense, sometimes referred to as anosognosia or a type of dissociation or cognitive bias – all aspects of not being able to recognize or believe reality or perhaps better said, shaping one’s own reality.
I would appreciate hearing from others on this.
