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Karen Dalton-Beninato āļøāOne of the saddest lessons of history is this: If weāve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. Weāre no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. Itās simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that weāve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.ā - Carl Sagan on The Great Bamboozle
CrazyMyra@kbeninato This is the perfect take on both Trump and Musk. Trump's base won't accept they've been conned, while Musk is still laughing all the way to the bank on people's assumptions about his motives.
@OutOnTheMoors They're in for a long, long haul.
Autumn š@kbeninato So, basically cognitive dissonance
@autumnonl Pretty much.
ViennaMike@kbeninato See also Millerism and the Great Disappointment.
Disco Sexual@ViennaMike @kbeninato thanks, I will
@ViennaMike A good name for our era.
Saskboy K.@kbeninato we're definitely living in post-dangerous times, which is to say perpetually dangerous.
festus@kbeninato This is so true. I'm an ex-Christian and Christianity was at the center of my life. Eventually I couldn't reconcile it with the lack of evidence (not just historic evidence, but also lack of seeing healings, or my not hearing god talk to me, etc).
After a certain event where yet again the evidence failed to support Christianity I realized that I either had to sacrifice my faith, or sacrifice the idea of me being open to evidence and ultimately truth-driven. I chose to be truth-driven, but it was *hard* giving up my faith, admitting I had been a fool wasting so many nights praying, so much money lost tithing, so many opportunities lost, etc. It's hard admitting that the foundation you built your entire life on is a lie; it doesn't surprise me that many people instead opt to numb their brain, avoid thinking about it, and continue with the lie.
After a certain event where yet again the evidence failed to support Christianity I realized that I either had to sacrifice my faith, or sacrifice the idea of me being open to evidence and ultimately truth-driven. I chose to be truth-driven, but it was *hard* giving up my faith, admitting I had been a fool wasting so many nights praying, so much money lost tithing, so many opportunities lost, etc. It's hard admitting that the foundation you built your entire life on is a lie; it doesn't surprise me that many people instead opt to numb their brain, avoid thinking about it, and continue with the lie.
@festus Same. You either double down or leave.
Richard E. Rawson, Psy.D., MBA@kbeninato Cognitive dissonance thrives on the pain of admitting weāve been misledāitās easier to double down than face the truth. But the remedy lies in curiosity, humility, and community.
@kbeninato People often change their perspective after a big wake-up call: a personal crisis, clear evidence they canāt ignore, or hearing someoneās story in a way that hits home. It can also happen during major life changes or when they feel let down by someone they trusted. Usually, it comes down to thisāwhen sticking to old beliefs feels harder than letting them go, thatās when real change starts.
Avi Rappoport (avirr)@kbeninato The Emperorās New Clothes