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CaissasDeathAngel
Since: Oct, 2010

Something like "Broken Chain of Assumptions"
Character Tom makes assumptions about things using his own background and gets to A implies B which implies C which implies D. So Tom is now really sure that D is true. Later Tom discovers that A is false, and perhaps crosses B off his list, but doesn't bother to reconsider D until it's way too late.