05-12-2020, 07:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-12-2020, 08:45 AM by Bob Butler 54.)
(05-11-2020, 09:27 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: And you're right about people hating predictions that are true, rather than what they want to hear. It freaks people out, and turns some of them into loudmouth assholes, because of cognitive dissonance. The ancient Greeks were brilliant in coming up with the Cassandra myth as something that describes humanity.
I’m not sure it is cognitive dissonance. That occurs when you have a conflict between what you know and what you do. Smoking is a classic example. An addict will likely admit and know it is harmful, but smoke anyway.
The alternative is if you hear something which your beliefs hold to be false. Say, if you believe smoking causes problems, and do not smoke, one may still be upset if a loved one smokes. Your actions are totally in sync with what you believe, but there is still a dissonance.
In my case, I believe thoroughly in the logic, but am still presented with an illogical different belief. There is a difference in beliefs. If such a difference is significant enough and if the other guy is persistent enough in forcing his beliefs, there could be dissonance.
So it may not be that the other guy believes you and does not act on it. It is that he doesn’t believe you and you are conflicting with his world view.
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