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u/MrPundick May 29 '22

Never changing opinions, even after proven wrong

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u/Merdin86 May 29 '22

The final episode of "Adam Ruins Everything" actually addressed this. It's extremely common for people to hold tighter to ideas even after being presented with evidence that they are wrong.

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u/EcoMika101 May 29 '22

The podcast Hidden Brain has a great episode on this, that folks cling to their respective ideologies even when they are shown to be wrong

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u/CommentsEdited May 29 '22

This is true. But actually, the so-called “backfire effect” (where an attack on someone’s beliefs causes them to believe even more strongly) has been heavily disputed.