Jor, you're not a monster. Sometimes you might come off strong, but not a monster. Don't beat yourself up I think you've mellowed in our brief time of exchanges together.
Meantime , https://www.popsci.com/radical-politics-metacognition
So extremists are galvanized by their own extremism, who knew? j/k seriously though, I find it fascinating the correlations between extreme views and emotionalism, and selective bias and a lessening of metacognition to reinforce already skewed beliefs. I don't know why we can't just laugh away extremists, when they claim the sky is chartreuse, oh wait that's because in application it holds real influence over societies. Whether you are your own personal monster or whether anyone can be, it's still on the viewer how they react to that not the monster.
(December 18, 2018 at 2:18 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: The sad truth about mud westling with pigs -- at some point you come to the realization that the pig is enjoying it.That's hilariously ironic with a comment I made to some others recently. You just have no idea.
Meantime , https://www.popsci.com/radical-politics-metacognition
Quote:University College London offers some insight into one characteristic of those who hold extreme beliefs—their metacognition, or ability to evaluate whether or not they might be wrong.
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“Widening polarization about political, religious, and scientific issues threatens open societies, leading to entrenchment of beliefs, reduced mutual understanding, and a pervasive negativity surrounding the very idea of consensus,” the researchers write. Understanding the role that metacognition plays in this polarization may help us step back from it.
So extremists are galvanized by their own extremism, who knew? j/k seriously though, I find it fascinating the correlations between extreme views and emotionalism, and selective bias and a lessening of metacognition to reinforce already skewed beliefs. I don't know why we can't just laugh away extremists, when they claim the sky is chartreuse, oh wait that's because in application it holds real influence over societies. Whether you are your own personal monster or whether anyone can be, it's still on the viewer how they react to that not the monster.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari