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TalenaGor

(1,215 posts) Mon Feb 3, 2025, 02:19 AM Feb 2025

"You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you...." [View all]

Fascinating cartoon from the creator of Exploding Kittens game - he lays out the 'Backfire effect' and how our brains deal with being challenged by facts that are in direct opposition to our world view....great read

(Cant post an excerpt because its all images)

read it here - https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

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"You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you...." [View all] TalenaGor Feb 2025 OP

Thank you. niyad Feb 2025 #1

very good but I had hoped it would have pointed out that conservative mindest is "fear" of the unknown Shellback Squid Feb 2025 #2

agreed, but at least it helps us to understand WTF is going on it their heads lol TalenaGor Feb 2025 #25

The psychology is interesting, but most of the examples 'debunked' were things I never believed to be true, and ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2025 #3

I was shocked to learn that the information I got about Napoleon Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #7

Well played. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2025 #17

Nice. Morbius Feb 2025 #4

I feel as though I have known forever soldierant Feb 2025 #5

Celebrations of Jesus's birth Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #8

Didn't I say that, in different wording? soldierant Feb 2025 #20

There's probably a third reason jmowreader Feb 2025 #9

I assumed those bits were simple practical life advice... Think. Again. Feb 2025 #11

On that one... jmowreader Feb 2025 #14

I always believed it was a way of extending compassion to animals by recognizing they have families. soldierant Feb 2025 #22

Not really. Most milk products would have been fermented or Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #15

I am an Agnostic (can't "know" what I can't "prove") who strongly agrees... Think. Again. Feb 2025 #10

It's interesting how many atheists and agnostics soldierant Feb 2025 #21

That's kind of you to say... Think. Again. Feb 2025 #23

I had read that it was the date of Saturnalia, a Roman holiday when slaves were temporarily free to worship ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2025 #18

Midwinter celebrations seemed to be practiced across most religions. Think. Again. Feb 2025 #24

I didn't find it to be particularly applicable to myself. Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #6

Nicely said. In my own long-winded way, that's sort of what I was trying to say. eppur_se_muova Feb 2025 #19

Thanks for this malaise Feb 2025 #12

I wonder if he still worships Musk like he did here? Hong Kong Cavalier Feb 2025 #13

It looks like that was from 2014. Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #16

And he got Elon Musk to donate $1 million towards the museum Polybius Feb 2025 #26