Why people can't handle the truth?

lemminer@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 64 points –

If faced with critical thinking, people tend to disregard what you're trying to say and push back to their outlook.

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Because we're emotional creatures first, we default to what's familiar or comfortable. Logic/critical thinking take sustained practice and a lot of effort. There's a study that suggests that many of our conscious choices are simply post-hoc rationalizations for decisions made in the unconscious.

I absolutely no longer trust anyone that insists they're naturally and perfectly logical, they are unquestionably hiding some fixation or personal opinion which--if challenged--will make them unravel in the worst fashion.

Agree. Every single "logical" person I've met has had no more logic than anyone else, just incredibly low EQ.

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