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I'd argue that an irreconcilable world view - or at least one that you are not capable of reconciling - is cognitive dissonance. If you CAN reconcile it, you d
by johnfn 10y ago
I'd argue that an irreconcilable world view - or at least one that you are not capable of reconciling - is cognitive dissonance.
If you CAN reconcile it, you don't have congnitive dissonance. But most people don't get that far.
- Dylan16807 10y agoIf your standard of avoiding cognitive dissonance requires being an economist, it's too high. It's enough to have a reasonable justification to say that it can be reconciled. There's no need to force the person to do that reconciliation.
- johnfn 10y agoWhat I'm saying is that in some cases I do believe it to be irreconcileable.
- Dylan16807 10y agoIrreconcilable even by a dictator-for-a-day? As far as I'm concerned the idea of a tax that funds content creation is a pretty good existence proof of reconciling those two ideas.