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As an outsider i am surprised by the fact that all along this very good writings nowhere is questioned the cost of change. Getting a totally new belief, one tha
by amos-burton 1y ago
As an outsider i am surprised by the fact that all along this very good writings nowhere is questioned the cost of change. Getting a totally new belief, one that is not dissonant, needs zero analysis, is costless and easy to integrate. Think children they believe everything they are told right ? Lack of criticism or simply lack of already existing dissonant fragments ? Being grown up, we accumulated a tons of fact, and we grow strong bond with them because we experimented them IRL, intuitively, they work, hard stuff. To question those believe must require a ton of energy, because if it happens this is true, it become a matter of survival, which is very important to each and one of us. But then we also always consider the cost of change. Fact X might be true, but acting might cost twice more, therefore, the body (or the brain if you like) has zero incentive to spend additional energy updating the belief and acting accordingly.
Though, do i believe what i wrote, or was i already hardwired to write this reading that ? mind twisting is a fun activity