Congruence Bias

Congruence bias is the tendency of people to over-rely on testing their initial hypothesis (the most congruent one) while neglecting to test alternative hypotheses. That is, people rarely try experiments that could disprove their initial belief, but rather try to repeat their initial results. It is a special case of the confirmation bias. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congruence_bias

• see auteur theory, conceptual integrity, thinking in bets