From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/4/26 11:18 PM, Mike wrote:   
   > How can a person be so delusional when they know the evidence?   
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   > Short answer: because knowing evidence is not the same as integrating it.   
      
   Cognitive dissonance   
      
   > A clearer breakdown, without psych jargon:   
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   > Identity beats evidence   
   > When a belief is tied to identity (“my faith = moral order”),   
   > contrary facts feel like personal threats, not information.   
   > The mind protects identity first, accuracy second.   
      
   True. But I have to wonder; in a day & age when a whole generation   
   (generations?) invented excessively FLUID identities, what prevents   
   them from abandoning stupidity in favor of facts?   
      
   "Wait a minute. We demand censorship. We call for the forceful   
   elimination of political opponents, up to and including executions   
   for thought crimes. We openly oppose democracy. And, we have yet   
   to meet a 2-bit fascist dictatorship that we didn't love. Maybe we're   
   not so anto fascist after all..."   
      
   > Compartmentalization   
   > People can know counter-evidence intellectually while   
   > keeping it sealed off from belief.   
   > “Yes, those facts exist… but they don’t count.”   
      
   Well most of life is all about priorities. Once you assign a very high   
   priority to a position/belief/person, anything "Evidence" or "Facts"   
   that comes along is pretty much going to be a lower priority.   
      
   "Your FACT is out ranked by my TRUTH!"   
      
   > Motivated reasoning   
   > Reasoning is used defensively, like a lawyer, not   
   > neutrally, like a judge. Evidence is filtered by   
   > “Does this protect what I already believe?”   
      
   That's called "Rationalizing."   
      
   > Social reinforcement   
   > If a community repeats the same talking points,   
   > disagreement feels like betrayal. Certainty becomes   
   > social glue.   
      
   The roomie is far more of a social animal than am I. He has   
   very good social skill while, on the other hand, I'm here.   
   Presently there is a shit ton of "Peer Pressure," social   
   consequences for any failure to comply with media edicts, so   
   he is orders of magnitude less likely to question anything on   
   the media, including social media, than I.   
      
   > Moral outsourcing   
   > The belief shifts responsibility outward:   
   > “If society follows the Book, outcomes are good.”   
   > That relieves humans of messy accountability.   
      
   I'm skipping a few because, like this one, they're just a   
   paraphrasing of other concepts.   
      
      
      
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