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It's both. It's the reason people ignore facts. And the reason people change their minds. Just to sharpen the point, think of it this way, ideology can make y
by bilbo0s 8y ago
It's both.
It's the reason people ignore facts. And the reason people change their minds.
Just to sharpen the point, think of it this way, ideology can make you "change your mind" and start believing things that have absolutely no basis in fact.
- 7952 8y agoA good example of this is the history of medecine. Perfectly intelligent and educated people believed some really wild things about how infection occurred. It took a long time to convince people that hygiene was neccessary, and that hospitals should prevent contamination between patients. Nowadays we all believe in bacteria and viruses without question, but most of us have never seen either with our own eyes. But over the years our basic ideology has changed.
- bilbo0s 8y agoMedicine is still, in fact, full of people who believe things that, 100 years from now, will be likely elicit belly laughs. It's all about the ideology. If the tenets of the ideology tell you you're right, then you're right. (Or as right as you need to be if most people are willing to adhere to that ideology.)