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Juliusseizure

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27. Cognitive Dissonance

Reply to Mercurian (Reply #22)

Mon May 15, 2017, 11:33 AM

May 2017

That mental discomfort is cognitive dissonance. People holding inconsistent views will turn truth on its head to maintain a stable psychological state of well-being that keeps them internally functional while ignoring the damage they do.

The only other option is to experience the psychological pain of acknowledging responsibility for that damage, reversal of deeply held beliefs, and rebirth of a new paradigm to view the world. The Germans did that after WWII.

Sociopaths with no conscience like Trump don't experience it because they don't care what the truth is.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

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