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Cognitive dissonance is when you hold two opposing viewpoints at once. Like if you think killing animals for food is wrong but you love eating steaks and plan t
by ebbv 9y ago
Cognitive dissonance is when you
hold two opposing viewpoints at once. Like if you think killing animals for food is wrong but you love eating steaks and plan to continue doing so.
It does not mean choosing to ignore reality or being willfully blind like you are using it here. I'm not sure how it has become popular to misuse it in that way over the last couple years, but it seems to be a thing.
- et-al 9y agoI think notadoc meant to use the term "mental gymnastics". (I agree "cognitive dissonance" seems to be misused lately. That's how language evolves, unfortunately. And to add to your definition, it's the stress from with holding two opposing thoughts, hence the dissonance.)
- RRWagner 9y agoHow about "cognitive disconnect" as the better descriptive phrase?
- episteam 9y agoIt's just plain old confirmation bias, though I like the more recent[1] semantic extension of the phrase "epistemic closure" to describe belief systems impervious to outside information. [1] - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/books/28conserv.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/books/28conserv.html