Normalcy Bias

The other day the Sarge and I were driving to a conference in the Midwest while doing one of our favorite activities, listening to a techno-thriller. Our favorite author in this genre, Brad Thor, not only writes exciting novels, but very realistic ones as well. I've heard it called "fraction," half fiction, half fact. In this audio book, just before the protagonist proceeds to take out a group of Somali pirates, he remarks that even pirates sometimes suffer something he calls "normalcy bias." I'