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-<div class="res-img">[[File:Cognitive Dissonance2.png|alt=Cognitive Dissonance|center|Cognitive dissonance quote]]</div>[[File:Prejudice.png|alt=Prejudice|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Prejudice can sway a crowd more easily than logic as it is associated with emotion.]]'''In an ideal world, rational people who encounter strong new evidence that contradicts their beliefs would evaluate the facts and change their views accordingly. But that’s generally not how things work in the real world.'''
+<div class="res-img">[[File:Cognitive Dissonance2.png|alt=Cognitive Dissonance|center|Cognitive dissonance quote]]</div>[[File:Prejudice.png|alt=Prejudice|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Prejudice can sway a crowd more easily than logic as it is associated with emotion.]]''"Everyone wants you to be honest, but no one wants to hear the truth about themselves."'' – Uncle Buddy
-Partly to blame is cognitive dissonance which is a physical pain that can kick in when people encounter evidence that runs counter to their beliefs. Instead of reevaluating what they’ve believed up until now, people, due to this pain tend to reject the incompatible evidence. Psychologists call this phenomenon belief perseverance and everyone can fall prey to this ingrained way of thinking.
-Being presented with facts — whether via the news, social media, or one-on-one conversations — that suggest their current beliefs are wrong causes people to feel threatened. This reaction is particularly strong when the beliefs in question are aligned with your political and personal identities. It can feel like an attack on you if one of your strongly held beliefs is challenged.
+'''In an ideal world, when people face strong evidence that challenges their beliefs, they would assess the new information and adjust their views accordingly. However, reality often unfolds differently.'''
-[[File:Cognitive Dissonance ratchet.gif|alt=Cognitive Dissonance|thumb|'''Figure 2'''. Cognitive Dissonance]]
-Confronting facts that don’t line up with your worldview may trigger a “backfire effect,”<ref>'''Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization'''. Christopher A. Bail Edited by Peter S. Bearman, Columbia University, New York, NY, and approved August 9, 2018. Accessed on 31st August 2022 via <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804840115</nowiki></ref> which can end up strengthening your original position and beliefs, particularly with politically charged issues. Researchers have identified this phenomenon in a number of studies, including ones about opinions toward climate change mitigation policies and attitudes toward childhood vaccinations.
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+This resistance to change can be attributed to cognitive dissonance, a discomfort experienced when confronted with conflicting information. Rather than reconsidering their long-held beliefs, many people, driven by this discomfort, turn their back on new evidence and face into comforting [[Confirmation Bias|confirmation bias]], actively seeking out and favoring information that supports their existing beliefs while ignoring or downplaying contradictory evidence. This tendency to cling to one's initial beliefs, even in the face of contrary evidence, is known as belief perseverance, and no one is immune to it.
-This gets worse with age as [[neuroplasticity]] diminishes and changing our minds becomes increasingly difficult. Whilst cognitive dissonance in society is fine in regard to innocuous issues such as what is the best football team to support, when it comes to more pertinent issues such as what action to take in regards to the ecological crisis dissonance on these ideas can be deadly. As Max Planck said "''A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it''” however the question arises given the potential [[Ecological Crisis Timeline|timeline of the ecological crisis]] do we have the time needed to overcome societies dissonance?
+When individuals come across facts that challenge their beliefs, especially those tied to their personal and political identities, their [[ego]] can feel as if it is under a personal attack. This is especially true for deeply rooted beliefs. Being faced with such contradictory information can sometimes lead to a "backfire effect,"<ref>'''Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization'''. Christopher A. Bail Edited by Peter S. Bearman, Columbia University, New York, NY, and approved August 9, 2018. Accessed on 31st August 2022 via <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804840115</nowiki></ref> where people double down on their original beliefs. This reaction is notably observed in debates over topics like climate change and childhood vaccinations, as shown in various studies.<html><center><iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/AAnHeao2ceqYV9VOsC" width="480" height="480" frameBorder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowFullScreen></iframe></center></html>
+This gets worse with age as [[neuroplasticity]] diminishes and changing our minds becomes increasingly difficult. Whilst cognitive dissonance in society is fine in regard to innocuous issues such as what is the best football team to support, when it comes to more pertinent issues such as what action to take in regards to the [[Ecological crisis|ecological crisis,]] dissonance on these ideas can be deadly. As Max Planck said "''A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it''” however, the question arises given the potential [[Ecological Crisis Timeline|timeline of the ecological crisis]] do we have the time needed to overcome societies dissonance?
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