Also Chris Mooney's book on http://www.amazon.com/By-Chris-Mooney-Republican-Science--/dp/B00HTK6K0I/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1400791596&sr=8-6&keywords=mooney+republican+brain
A couple of suggestions, first off ignore the anti-republican bs in the book. Look at the science itself. What he's discussing is a model that works very well for climate change deniers, anti-vaxxers and the extreme end of the anti-GMO movement. It does offer an interesting explanation as to why people do such. On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:370358 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
