I've been reading lots of posts about Brexit, pro and con, and came across this. New to me though I'm sure it shouldn't be.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Backfire_effect
The Backfire Effect.
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Re: The Backfire Effect.
Reminds me of this:
"The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly." - Ogden Nash
"The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly." - Ogden Nash
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Re: The Backfire Effect.
Here's another even more apposite quote, from an SF novel I reviewed a while back:
"Somewhere we taught ourselves that our opinions are more significant than the facts. And somehow we get our egos and our opinions and Truth all mixed up in a single package, so that when someone does challenge one of the notions to which we subscribe, we react as if it challenges us."
"Somewhere we taught ourselves that our opinions are more significant than the facts. And somehow we get our egos and our opinions and Truth all mixed up in a single package, so that when someone does challenge one of the notions to which we subscribe, we react as if it challenges us."