I think we all tend to apply more skepticism when things challenge our previously held notions. Is it just non-skeptics that apply the unreasonable amount of skepticism in the face of contradictory evidence?
The Backfire Effect is a repeatedly tested phenomenon. Fortunately, it's effect is directly proportional to lower intelligence.
The Backfire Effect is a repeatedly tested phenomenon. Fortunately, it's effect is directly proportional to lower intelligence.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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