> "The study points to a total lack of reason in political decision-making." > > "The result is that partisan beliefs are calcified, and the person can > learn very little from new data," Westen said.
Which is why a system of belief based on truth and the correct interpretation of facts is so important Part of the problem with our mind is that it soaks up information at a prodiguous rate and then sets a baseline that it considers as `normal' based on what we have experienced. Then whenever we run into something that doesn't fit our own particular belief system and pushes our thought patterns off the baseline our brain considers normal our brain reacts by inventing a reality that tries to move it back to the area it feels normal. Hence politicians... Sadly people aren't very self aware about their own cognitive processes and their ability to 'think' and so we have reaction to foreign thoughts in ways we see documented nightly on the news. _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
