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26 4. A COMMON EXPERIENCE OF PERSISTING IN AN ERRONEOUS OPINION IS: ERRONEOUSLY REMEMBERING A PARTICULAR STORE OR RESTAURANT IS IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION; ERRONEOUSLY REMEMBERING THAT A PARTICULAR CELEBRITY PLAYED IN A TELEVISION SHOW OR A MOVIE; ERRONEOUSLY REMEMBERING YOU WERE A CERTAIN AGE WHEN A PARTICULAR HISTORICAL EVENT OCCURRED 5. THE PERSISTENT ERRONEOUS BELIEF ALLOWS THE JUROR TO RECALL HOW ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED HE WAS THAT HIS RECOLLECTION WAS ACCURATE, HOW NO ONE COULD CHANGE HIS OPINION, HOW HE PERSISTED IN HIS MISTAKE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND HOW HE LATER LEARNED BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT HIS PERSISTENT BELIEF WAS ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT 6. THE "MORE PERFECT ANALOGUE" VALIDATES THROUGH