Current Events — HabitableZone

Current Events » in reply to Don't take it too hard. A good number of people here never actually check out my links, either.

It would be great if that were the issue.

Which seems to be, can people accept truths which are uncomfortable or challenge preconceptions?

How well do people handle cognitive dissonance, wherein, for instance, a parent tells them something which clearly isn't true?

Conservatives, in my opinion, are precisely conservative because a rigid dogma protects them from anxiety, and facts which challenge rigid dogma are anxiety producing.

One must choose - reality, or dogma.

Creationists are a super example of this. And having to say they haven't seen that post, ignore it or call it all lies without any shred of contrary documentation is another.

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