There's a specific figure of speech related to this claim that kind of irks me: when someone says that they "choose to believe" something. Really? You can choo

There's a specific figure of speech related to this claim that kind of irks me: when someone says that they "choose to believe" something. Really? You can choose to believe something? I'm really not sure I can. If you really think that you can, try an experiment like this: 1. Look closely at something familiar--maybe your car or your house, for example. Identify what color it is, or what colors predominate. 2. Now turn the other way so that you can't see it. Choose to believe that it's a different color. 3. Turn at look at it again. Are you surprised by what you see?