A friend tells you that shaving more frequently causes hair to grow back darker and coarser than before. You think this sounds correct, so you vow to only shave once a week. In this case, you have fallen victim to a phenomenon known as:

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Truthiness refers to the quality of seeming or being felt to be true, even if not necessarily true. In this scenario, the belief that shaving more frequently causes hair to grow back darker and coarser feels true to you, even though it is a myth and lacks scientific evidence. This reliance on a gut feeling rather than facts or evidence is why the correct answer is truthiness.

A Friend Tells You That Shaving More Frequently Causes Hair