RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Another interesting article: the Identity Protective Cognition Thesis

2013-11-02 Thread authfriend
Share wrote: (snip) > I was realizing yesterday during the Clinton exchanges, that we humans like > to think that > we're being logical and reasonable and intelligent about our political > choices. But I could feel > in myself on subtler levels, that my conclusions about Hillary Clinton a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Another interesting article: the Identity Protective Cognition Thesis

2013-11-02 Thread Share Long
Whoops! turq, thanks for THREE fascinating articles this morning. Whew, close call, good save, etc! On Saturday, November 2, 2013 6:28 AM, Share Long wrote:   Thanks for 2 fascinating articles, turq. I was realizing yesterday during the Clinton exchanges, that we humans like to think th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Another interesting article: the Identity Protective Cognition Thesis

2013-11-02 Thread Share Long
Thanks for 2 fascinating articles, turq. I was realizing yesterday during the Clinton exchanges, that we humans like to think that we're being logical and reasonable and intelligent about our political choices. But I could feel in myself on subtler levels, that my conclusions about Hillary Clint

[FairfieldLife] Another interesting article: the Identity Protective Cognition Thesis

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
One that might be of interest to those who seem compelled to "prove" how much smarter they are than others. As a quote from the article and the research it reports on says: A recent study by Yale's Dan M. Kahan and colleagues might be thought to call these truisms of democratic political cultur