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| "Most people do not have a problem with you thinking for yourself, as long as your conclusions are the same as or at least compatible with their beliefs." Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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| How can people observe the same events and come to opposing conclusions about what is happening, their significance and their likely effect?
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| It could be because of inadequate observation, ignorance of how things work, or it could be [[cognitive dissonance]]. All of these have to do with the eye of the beholder.
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| The term cognitive dissonance is used to describe the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. This conflict causes feelings of uneasiness, discomfort or even pain because of mental stress, through which high levels of dissonance put us at at risk for anxiety and depression disorders.
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| Because our mind and body are an interdependent unit of life these conflicts can also contribute to physical illness.
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| The term [[cognitive dissonance]] developed in the 1950s by American social psychologist, Leon Festinger.
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| "Cognitive dissonance, the mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The unease or tension that the conflict arouses in people is relieved by one of several defensive maneuvers: they reject, explain away, or avoid the new information; persuade themselves that no conflict really exists; reconcile the differences; or resort to any other defensive means of preserving stability or order in their conceptions of the world and of themselves." <Ref>https://www.britannica.com/science/cognitive-dissonance</Ref>
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| The conflict divides the mind and conquers the soul, "one part of them knows the truth but another part of them is so invested in seeing things a different way that they don't allow themselves to see reality."
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| Dorothy Martin receiving messages the Planet Clarion predicted on Dec 21, 1957 the world will be destroyed and some will be saved by flying saucers. When it did not happen instead of being embarrassed by their gullible error they wanted to get the story out that they had saved the planet through their faith.
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| This suggested they would not face the pain of the uncomfortable truth. Their minds were again overcome by the desire to 'make minds comfortable' - to rationalize the inconsistencies.
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| The one the recording we share the story of The one dollar lie. Vs $20 lie presented by Festinger & Carlsmith in 1959
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| Lied but was well paid.
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| Chinese used this in brainwashing technique on Americans during the Korean war.
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| "Emotional reasoning is the cognitive distortion that happens when we try to justify our emotional reactions using a neat narrative that seems to fit our value system or ideology"
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| People justify violence (even killing) by demonizing and dehumanizing their victim. Like the teacher who yelled death threats from her car toward people protesting the shutdown during the COVID hysteria.
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| Dr.Drew Westen PhD, at Emory University in Atlanta Did MRIs scans of the brains of staunch Democrats and staunch Republicans and found a decrease in activity in the reasoning part of the brain when they read damning information about their favorite politician.
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| It appears that any form of cognitive dissonance stimulates the brain to literally '''think less'''.
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| When there is a discrepancy between your beliefs and your behavior we will often compensate with rational manipulation of facts or their denial.
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| But learning to be willing to suffer pain and humility of being wrong may be the first step towards real self-knowledge.
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| The 'self-esteem industry' encourages people to seek relief from cognitive dissonance through rationalization, repetition, denial of our faults and frailties in a sort of personal brainwashing.
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| Cognitive dissonance is the mental stress experienced by an individual who wants to believe a lie is the truth. Willingness to suffer the pain of seeing the truth comes with the willingness to sacrifice for others. The humble heart is willing to endure the pain of the truth. The loving heart embraces it.
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