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  • n  the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it
  • n  the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
    his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate

  • Most victims have a tantalizingly short attention span, so that teaching them calls for Job-like patience, but paradoxically they suffer from perseveration the tendency to .
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  • Why Everything You Know About Cancer And The Environment Is Wrong
    Perseveration on global warming naturally inclines one to seek out other areas of “science” where things aren’t exactly what they so obviously are, which brings me to the remarkable work of the most important toxicological scientist you have never heard of, Dr. Ed Calabrese of the University of Massachusetts.
    Aug. 13, 2013 - Forbes

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