gimulnautti ,
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When any cognitive beliefs resist disproof by evidence, they are not factual beliefs.

They are secondary cognitive attitudes backed up by religious credence or political fervour.

The backing of the attitude in this case is strong enough to hide/normalise the split and oscillation between factual and imagined reality.

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Neil Van Leeuwen
Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity

punishmenthurts ,
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interesting stuff. I'm looking internally to see if I think I can see this and explain it to myself . . . I guess I think the non-factual beliefs do not add up to prove what they are meant to - but that those conclusions are sort of built in and in play anyway, and that people need some story, convincing or not for a situation they are not planning to change . . .
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but I see reversals everywhere, and also neurotype, different built in conclusions for different sorts of people
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sorry
interesting! ❤️

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