It did seem like a lot of words to say people look for facts to support their world view
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 09/02/2018 09:42:05 PM
He certainly went out of his way to find some,
The Backfire Effect
- 09/02/2018 12:49:25 AM
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Note this is also called Conceptual Conservatism or Belief perseverance and all human beings do it *NM*
- 09/02/2018 12:50:40 AM
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That was just about as pointlessly condescending as I've come to expect from these posts
- 09/02/2018 01:22:50 AM
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What if I tell you that I disbelieve things written on the internet unless presented with supporting
- 09/02/2018 03:05:24 PM
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You are just trying to get me to buy a subscription to the NYT 
- 09/02/2018 07:34:03 PM
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- 09/02/2018 07:34:03 PM
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Re: You are just trying to get me to buy a subscription to the NYT
- 10/02/2018 02:59:46 AM
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- 10/02/2018 02:59:46 AM
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meh
- 09/02/2018 05:03:06 PM
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Well I also beat that horse to death in my answer to Greg 
- 09/02/2018 07:41:56 PM
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- 09/02/2018 07:41:56 PM
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It did seem like a lot of words to say people look for facts to support their world view
- 09/02/2018 09:42:05 PM
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Re: The Backfire Effect- does this result from eating legumes? Or crucirferous vegetables? *NM*
- 12/02/2018 05:40:50 AM
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Alfalfa males do not eat kale for eating kale makes you a kale male, which is just a fancy word
- 12/02/2018 12:15:48 PM
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Had some black beans with lunch yesterday and broccoli with dinner
- 12/02/2018 06:20:59 PM
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