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There's an extremely simple answer to this: humans don't actually change their minds rationally. People arrive at most beliefs emotionally. The reason the peopl

There's an extremely simple answer to this: humans don't actually change their minds rationally. People arrive at most beliefs emotionally. The reason the people DO NOT change their mind when told that "the scores were fake" is because they felt good when told the scores showed that they were correct, and that reinforced their own belief about their skill. When told "actually the scores were made up" this is new evidence but it doesn't change the underlying narrative (they already believed they were good, and that was emotionally reinforced). If you keep this in mind a lot of human behavior becomes much more predictable

armada651 2y ago
That doesn't entirely explain why the group with lower scores still thought they did worse than average. Why would they reinforce a false narrative that made them feel bad? It might be explained that the mind will ignore evidence that doesn't confirm their emotions regardless of whether those emotions made them feel better or worse. That would explain things like imposter syndrome, where people continuously ignore evidence that they are doing well because it doesn't confirm their lack of confidence in their skills.
- AndyNemmity 2y ago
  You just rationally explained a logical issue in the parent's post. Will the parent change their mind, or will they reinforce the positive narrative that they were explaining to everyone how it worked override it?