Believing What They Want
Comments focus on how people cling to desired beliefs despite overwhelming contrary evidence, highlighting cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, and resistance to facts that challenge preconceptions.
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People believe what they want to believe, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
The problem is of course that people will believe what they want to believe
A lot of people believing something doesn't make it true.
Not believing facts because you don’t want to believe them? Says everything we need to know.
I've had very similar experiences and find it really frustrating. People inherently don't like being wrong, don't like being proven to be gullible and are less likely to believe information that doesn't reaffirm their beliefs. It's a scary issue that's only likely to get worse.
Welcome to the Bay Area!The big issue is a lot of people will believe what they want to believe. Most folks are not scientists - they start by assuming their conclusions and will choose the soothing moral and emotional rhetoric over evidence.Trying to see the world objectively puts you in a category of outliers. The people you become friends with due to proximity in everyday life will not be outliers.
I don't know what you're talking about. People believe things you disagree with. That's not a conspiracy; it's literally just the human condition.
The voice of reason, but no amount of reason can dissuade anybody from believing what they want to believe.
Never underestimate what someone will believe when they have a vested interest in believing it.
Cognitive Dissonance is a real thing. I think those nonsensical views are largely possible to hold because they're commonly held and not that they have any merit. Unfortunately we are extremely susceptible to conformity and social proof.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2F_7B_-FI4