Why is a straightforward logical discussion so impossible? Why do our discussion partners refuse to accept our reasoned arguments? And, if we are honest, why do we ourselves find it so difficult to accept the reasonable logic of our discussion partners?
Well, a recent article at the blog “Why We Reason” provides an answer. It is Psychology’s Treacherous Trio: Confirmation Bias, Cognitive Dissonance, and Motivated Reasoning and reinforces what I have often felt – we are not really a rational species – more a rationalising one.
Beliefs dictate what and how we see
The article gets to the root of the matter – the psychological forces that fuel our conversations:
“While many like to believe that they have a special access to the truth, the reality is that we all see the world not as it is, but as we want it to be: Republicans watch Fox while Democrats…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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