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From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 12:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT joke Latent heat of fusion

It's a form of cognitive dissonance.

Cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by =
an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or =
values at the same time, or is confronted by new information that =
conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values.

An example of this paradigm is when a cult-like group had predicted when =
and where the world would end due to an alien invasion. When this of =
course didn't happen they experienced extreme cognitive dissonance.=20
Despite believing the prophecy had failed they believed the aliens had =
given mankind a second chance.


bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

On 4/29/2025 8:49 AM, Chuck wrote:
> Looking for the heat of fusion of MAGA.  Lots of headlines lately=20
> about a MA=3D GA meltdown.  How many kJs does it take to cause a MAGA =
phase change?
>
>
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