Financial and ritual investment in a tradition one does not believe creates social obligations and identity commitments that systematically distort future epistemic evaluation of that tradition's truth claims.

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Cognitive bias(in psychology and philosophy): A systematic error in how our brains process information—like always remembering the bad things that happened more than the good ones.
Epistemic evaluation(epistemology): The process of judging whether a belief or claim counts as knowledge, is reasonable, or is justified—basically, assessing how solid our reasons are for believing something.
Identity commitments(as used to describe how traditions become woven into our sense of self): Deep personal investments in being part of a group or believing in something because it's tied to who you are.
Systematically distort(as used to describe how financial and ritual investment warps our ability to think clearly): To regularly and predictably bend or twist something (in this case, our judgment) in a particular direction.

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