THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET UPSET WHEN THEIR BELIEFS ARE CHALLENGED
A MENTAL CONFLICT OCCURS WHEN BELIEFS ARE CONTRADICTED BY NEW INFORMATION. THIS CONFLICT ACTIVATES AREAS OF THE BRAIN INVOLVED IN PERSONAL IDENTITY AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THREATS. THE BRAIN'S ALARMS GO OFF WHEN A PERSON FEELS THREATENED ON A DEEPLY PERSO…
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET UPSET WHEN THEIR BELIEFS ARE CHALLENGED
A MENTAL CONFLICT OCCURS WHEN BELIEFS ARE CONTRADICTED BY NEW INFORMATION. THIS CONFLICT ACTIVATES AREAS OF THE BRAIN INVOLVED IN PERSONAL IDENTITY AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THREATS. THE BRAIN'S ALARMS GO OFF WHEN A PERSON FEELS THREATENED ON A DEEPLY PERSONAL AND EMOTIONAL LEVEL CAUSING THEM TO SHUT DOWN AND DISREGARD ANY RATIONAL EVIDENCE THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT THEY PREVIOUSLY REGARDED AS 'TRUTH'
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET UPSET WHEN THEIR BELIEFS ARE CHALLENGED
A MENTAL CONFLICT OCCURS WHEN BELIEFS ARE CONTRADICTED BY NEW INFORMATION. THIS CONFLICT ACTIVATES AREAS OF THE BRAIN INVOLVED IN PERSONAL IDENTITY AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THREATS. THE BRAIN'S ALARMS GO OFF WHEN A PERSON FEELS THREATENED ON A DEEPLY PERSONAL AND EMOTIONAL LEVEL CAUSING THEM TO SHUT DOWN AND DISREGARD ANY RATIONAL EVIDENCE THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT THEY PREVIOUSLY REGARDED AS 'TRUTH'
Some people can embrace change,and get a kick out of being wrong because it proves to themselves that they are open to learning.
Until May 2020 I believed the WHO and our governments, but I was turned down to help in ICUs. I concluded that there was no real emergency.
That 'immunised' me to vaccine propaganda,and this made me look and find complications in patients.