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Originally Posted by Guest
Why do some overlook the facts.
I read this kinda interesting.
In psychology, there is a construct called Cognitive Dissonance. Basically the idea goes that once people make up their minds about something, they become emotionally wedded to a person, idea or plan of action. Despite being confronted with evidence that contradicts a given thought or commitment, people tend to ignore the data at hand rather than modify or change their position.
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It's happening now in politics, religion, race equality...it's all around. We KNOW something is true, so we ignore or debunk ALL evidence to the contrary.
Politics - We all know the two parties are crooked, but we STILL defend "our side" against "them".
Religion - We all know that science is taking us farther and farther from needing a "God" to explain things, yet we hold onto 5,000 year old myths.
Race - Come on, look around, look how they act, how they live, black people are NOT like us, they're not our "equal". Yet we hold onto that myth too.
I'm very familiar with CD, it's all around. It takes work to be truly "open minded". It's hard to do.
Good luck to you.