from that wiki on normalcy bias
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Not limited to, but most notably: The Nazi genocide of millions of Jews. Even after knowing friends and family were being taken against their will, the Jewish community still stayed put, and refused to believe something was "going on." Because of the extreme nature of the situation it is understandable why most would deny it.
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you know what, i've got a theory and it's supported by normalcy bias. in reading about that norway mass murderer, i forget his name, but he said he was surprised how everyone stood around waiting for him to shoot them, even when he was reloading and clearly at a disadvantage, everyone just waited.
it struck home with me, do not hesitate. there's 1 chance in a disaster situation, i have to go go go go go go go