LINK The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in the Pandemic - The Atlantic
The minute we make any decision—I think COVID-19 is serious; no, I’m sure it is a hoax—we begin to justify the wisdom of our choice and find reasons to dismiss the alternative.
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I'm the ultimate skeptic. If something is unlikely and there's no evidence to support it, it's probably bullshit.
barjoe
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July 13, 2020
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Couldn't agree more....guess I should have been born in Missouri (the Show Me state).
What i find endlessly interesting is the amount of baffled and/or hostile replies I get on here, where the IQ is demonstrably higher than on, say, FB.....the "well i agree with you but you didn't say it nicely"....WTF is That?!
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