If you enjoy watching cop shows on television—as I do—then you’ll be able to easily relate to the frustration I’m about to describe.
A crime occurs, and within five minutes, you know who did it. You can see it coming from a mile away. You just know a certain character is lying, and it’s painfully obvious.
Except that the detectives can’t see it. They take the character’s statement at face value and trust it wholeheartedly, seemingly blind to any ulterior motives that may exist. Exasperated, you think, “How can they not see it?”
The fact is, they just can’t, and they’re not alone.