People can be very good at constructing “facts” that are not correct but desirable to them, and not completely devoid of anchoring. Like that time they were at

People can be very good at constructing “facts” that are not correct but desirable to them, and not completely devoid of anchoring. Like that time they were at a book signing event, asked the author for a two-shot, got a smile for a last joke thrown before leaving for the next in line, and now proudly declare themselves “good friends” with that author.