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There is also reverse wishful thinking, which is [[Murphy's law]] as a cognitive bias.

There is also reverse wishful thinking, which is [[Murphy's law]] as a cognitive bias.

==Examples==

==Examples==

*[[Atheists]] engage in wishful thinking when they disbelieve in God because they do not want Him to exist, rather than because they have any direct evidence for the nonexistence of God.

*[[Atheists]] engage in wishful thinking when they disbelieve in God because they do not want Him to exist, rather than because they have any direct evidence for the nonexistence of God.

*[[Homosexual]]s engage in wishful thinking when they accuse those who oppose and criticize [[homosexuality]] and [[Same-sex marriage|homosexual "marriage"]] of being "[[homophobia|homophobes]]" and "secretly gay" because, despite having no evidence to prove their claims, they want to believe that their opponents are "self-hating homosexuals", even though those homosexuals who make such accusations are not mind-readers, and they delude themselves into thinking that their opponents are the "opposite" of what they really are because those homosexuals do not want to believe that there is no such thing as "homophobia" or that their opponents have legitimate reasons for not supporting or agreeing with the homosexual lifestyle and its [[Homosexuality and disease|resulting]] [[Mental Health and Homosexuality|consequences]].

*Believers in discredited scientific theories such as [[evolution]] and [[global warming]] cling to their beliefs for the same reason.

*Believers in discredited scientific theories such as [[evolution]] and [[global warming]] cling to their beliefs for the same reason.

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Confirmation bias]]

*[[Confirmation bias]]

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[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]

[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]