Read this entry after a while and not sure about it
If you look* at something for a long time you will stop seeing it.
*This applies also to: think about something, work on something, spend time with something, or be inside of something etc.
This is oftern physilological, and may be universal
Examples
- Donβt think of white elephant. When you try not to think about something, you are prone to do it automatically do it.
- When you eat, listen, smell the first impression is the strongest.
Alternative names: Contrast principle, Opposite constant, Counteracting constant
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