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This Article Won’t Change Your Mind – The Atlantic

Monday, March 13, 2017 12:23
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As far as changing your mind, reading a snippet like this below sure won't. But go to The Atlantic and read the whole thing. And then seriously consider subscribing to paid journalism instead of unpaid internet streams.

“A man with a conviction is a hard man to change,” Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schacter wrote in When Prophecy Fails, their 1957 book about this study. “Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point … Suppose that he is presented with evidence, unequivocal and undeniable evidence, that his belief is wrong: what will happen? The individual will frequently emerge, not only unshaken, but even more convinced of the truth of his beliefs than ever before.”

This doubling down in the face of conflicting evidence is a way of reducing the discomfort of dissonance, and is part of a set of behaviors known in the psychology literature as “motivated reasoning.” Motivated reasoning is how people convince themselves or remain convinced of what they want to believe—they seek out agreeable information and learn it more easily; and they avoid, ignore, devalue, forget, or argue against information that contradicts their beliefs….

Full article @ This Article Won’t Change Your Mind – The Atlantic:

A WARNING TO PROGRESSIVES:

Some progressives can get taken in by fake-news, so be very careful about what you accept as true and read more widely too.



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