Good Friday’s big question: Is doubt good?

[Speck Tater]

66. Search the literature in psychology.

You'll find all the proof you need to cause you to dig your heels in even deeper.

I'm not going to do the research for you because I already know the answer and don't really care whether you get it or not.

You, of course, will respond that I'm copping out and avoiding answering your challenge, when, in fact, I HAVE answered your challenge: "search the literature". If you really care (which I suspect you don't) you'll find your evidence. Then come back here and tell me that evidence changed YOUR mind. I'm betting it won't because you will have a dozen rationalizations about why this or that study was "bogus" or "poorly designed" or "meaningless" or whatever other defense mechanism you erect to protect your entrenched point of view.

So if I do all the leg work and search the literature for you, knowing in advance that whatever I show you will only cause you to become more entrenched in your position, then what kind of a fool does that make me? If you care, go find out for yourself. (Or dismiss this post with some snark or another. Either way is fine with me.)