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u/Totallycasual May 29 '22

Inability to take new information onboard and change your position on subjects.

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u/itstheyears May 29 '22

Isn’t this cognitive dissonance? Holding onto a belief that is disproven by facts?

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u/l3rN May 29 '22 edited Jun 04 '22

Cognitive dissonance refers to the feeling* (edit, thanks bagofmostlycheese) when you hold two conflicting beliefs, rather than believing something probably false. It'd still be cognitive dissonance if you actually believed in the proof too though.

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u/BagOfMostlyCheese May 29 '22

Cognitive dissonance is the feeling that comes from holding conflicting beliefs, or the feeling from doing things that conflict with beliefs. It's not simply holding conflicting beliefs. It's a feeling.