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That's not what cognitive dissonance is. That's a dissonance between what people truly think and what they want/need to display. Nice closing joke, though, got
by BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
That's not what cognitive dissonance is. That's a dissonance between what people truly think and what they want/need to display.
Nice closing joke, though, got a laugh out of me!
- pmdulaney 2y agoNo, I think the poster's notion of cognitive dissonance is more correct than yours. Cognitive dissonance refers to the anxiety caused by attempting to embrace two different convictions or beliefs that are incompatible with each other.
- balamatom 2y agoBack in the shitpiles, we used to call that a "false consciousness". We are required to authentically participate in being each other's jailers, wholeheartedly and without losing our minds; even the Scrivener's hopeless "I would prefer not to" is beyond the capabilities of a great many. Hence, yes, enforced cognitive dissonance, and all the "fun" things that are causally downstream from that.
- pmdulaney 2y agoUpvote for the Bartleby reference.