generated at
cognitive inertia
Antiprocess
Belief perseverance
Cognitive bias
Cognitive dissonance
Cognitive distortion
Conservatism (belief revision)
Einstellung effect
Industrial Psychology
Inoculation theory
Knowledge inertia
Motivated reasoning
Plan continuation bias
Psychological inertia
Rationalization (psychology)
Rigidity (psychology)
Status quo bias
True-believer syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_inertia