You could start with John Jost's concept of Motivated Reasoning. Here's a good summary paper of this work:
http://amodiolab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Jost-Amodio-2012.pdf On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:36 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > A pertinent subject for this list, eh? > > http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs//mariakonnikova/2014/05/why-do-people-persist-in-believing-things-that-just-arent-true.html > > Some actual studies into the issue. I found the self-affirmation counter > strategy to be interesting. There is one thing that the studies seem to > show, and years of watching CF Community posts would certainly back this > up....that you simply cannot persuade a believer by pummeling them with > facts. > > But make them feel good about themselves......? And now you've got a shot. > > With that.....repeat after me: I am good enough, I am smart enough, and > doggoned it, people like me :) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370357 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
