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This is a very good response, which I hope the person that you responded to will take to heart. I'm always amazed by the historical ignorance of so many people

This is a very good response, which I hope the person that you responded to will take to heart. I'm always amazed by the historical ignorance of so many people who hold firm geopolitical views though, and sometimes wonder if it is willful. I'd like to add to your post that anyone looking for interesting writing on this subject should have a look at Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind. (Based on the language of you post I think you might have read it?)

tawel001 9y ago
> and sometimes wonder if it is willful I think it is. We See What We Want to See and hear what we want to hear [0] Francis Bacon said in 1620 that "the human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion … draws all things else to support and agree with it. And though there be a greater number and weight of instances to be found on the other side, yet these it either neglects and despises, or else by some distinction sets aside and rejects; in order that by this great and pernicious predetermination the authority of its former conclusions may remain inviolate." [1] Biased processing and confirmation bias are most likely to occur when people feel threatened in their beliefs[2] [0] - https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/kidding-ourselves/201404/we-see-what-we-want-see https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/kidding-ourselves/20140... https://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/i-only-hear-what-i-want-hear-and-so-do-you https://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/i-only-hear-what-i-... [1] - www.constitution.org/bacon/nov_org.htm [2] - http://psy2.ucsd.edu/~mckenzie/nickersonConfirmationBias.pdf http://psy2.ucsd.edu/~mckenzie/nickersonConfirmationBias.pdf Thanks for the book suggestion though.