Nina was trying to convince a skeptical friend that she has ESP. "So how can you explain what happened yesterday when I knew it was Conor on the phone before I answered it?" she demanded. Nina's friend explained that we tend to remember coincidental events that seem to confirm our beliefs about unusual phenomena. This is called:

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The fallacy of positive instances is when we remember and give more weight to events that confirm our beliefs about unusual phenomena, while ignoring or downplaying events that contradict those beliefs. This is likely what Nina's friend was referring to when explaining why Nina remembered the incident with Conor's phone call as evidence of her ESP.

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