Thread: Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds. "Myside Bias"

Interesting read................................but a lot of people won't agree!

Originally Posted by Saitch

Interesting read................................but a lot of people won't agree!

'The more we learn, the less we know' The people who just know worry me

Some people, including anti-vaxers, think their opinions and prejudices are more reliable than actual facts. For example, if you tell an anti-vaxer that its more dangerous to get the flu than it is to get vaccinated, they just refuse to listen.
There were a number of other examples during the election campaign, but I can't mention them here.

Hugh MacKay's book - Why Don't People Listen? talks about this as well.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Some people, including anti-vaxers, think their opinions and prejudices are more reliable than actual facts. For example, if you tell an anti-vaxer that its more dangerous to get the flu than it is to get vaccinated, they just refuse to listen.
There were a number of other examples during the election campaign, but I can't mention them here.

you cannot reason someone out of a position that they did not use reason to get themselves into........

"If they don't know, you can't tell them"

Originally Posted by JDNSW

"If they don't know, you can't tell them"

I'm lucky then, because I know every thing.

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we could cite 'man-made climate change', but that might generate too much heat...