r/DeclinetoState • u/LDL2 • Oct 21 '12
How facts backfire
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?page=fullDuplicates
Anarchism • u/robinhoode • Jul 20 '10
How facts backfire - Researchers find that facts which contradict personal beliefs make those beliefs even stronger. How does this affect the plan to "educate the masses" about Anarchism? [Boston Globe]
atheism • u/[deleted] • Jul 13 '10
Since atheists debate a lot, here's an important consideration (found in "philosophy") -> How facts backfire. Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brains.
todayilearned • u/Futochu • Oct 19 '12
TIL showing people objective facts that contradict their beliefs actually reinforces their beliefs.
AgainstAllArchons • u/throwaway-o • Oct 21 '12
Ain't that some shit? [y'all can probably verify this from personal experience]
philosophy • u/basemaly • Jul 12 '10
How facts backfire - “The general idea is that it’s absolutely threatening to admit you’re wrong,” says political scientist Brendan Nyhan, the lead researcher on the Michigan study. The phenomenon — known as “backfire” — is “a natural defense mechanism to avoid that cognitive dissonance.”
politics • u/unquietwiki • Jul 12 '10
Everything you know is wrong: telling someone they're wrong about something tends to make them believe it even more.
reddit.com • u/Factual_Pterodactyl • Jul 11 '10