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This reminds me of master persuader Scott Adams mentioned about "cognitive dissonance"[1] on some of his recent tweets. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogni
by devy 10y ago
This reminds me of master persuader Scott Adams mentioned about "cognitive dissonance"[1] on some of his recent tweets.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
- sergiotapia 10y agoHis book is really interesting and an easy read. I guess it pays off to write things as simple as possible. https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4 https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-eboo... The one thing to take away from this election is that persuasion trumps everything else. It's scary and crazy!
- CPLX 10y agoAnother thing to take away from this election is that Scott Adams turns out to be somewhat of a moron when discussing the topic of presidential politics. I followed his arguments in the primaries and found them somewhat compelling, the idea that Trump was in better shape than people thought. But he's lately gone of the rails totally and completely. And more to the point of this post, he completely misuses the phrase cognitive dissonance, having apparently defined it to mean something like "a way to tell people who disagree with me they don't know what they're talking about" rather than an actual psychological characteristic.
- MichailP 10y agoLots of Clinton supporters here, with their powerful donwvote clicking :)