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the problem with the cop-brain is you turn the thing you are looking for into the thing you see first, even if there are other possibilities. “criminal” wearing “proceeds of crime” registers before “person” wearing “clothes”
unfortunately this is actually a natural and sometimes even good thing. the brain adapts to its environment. how do you tell the difference between someone with paranoid delusions and someone who has well-motivated persecutory fears? you can't, they're the same person
a bit of a tangent but it's messed up how people with [conditions associated with paranoid delusions] are more likely to be correct in their paranoia by virtue of having [conditions associated with paranoid delusions]. if formulated snappily it'd sound like a joke. it's not
i mean they're also more likely to be incorrect, presumably. that's the problem