@Xavier @tsturmWikipedia on the Backfire Effect:
"There are psychological mechanisms by which backfire effects could potentially occur, but the evidence … is mixed, and backfire effects are very rare in practice. A 2020 review of the scientific literature on backfire effects found that there have been widespread failures to replicate their existence…"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief_perseverance(I'm not an expert, & am not saying we don't resist beliefs being challenged. But a specific Backfire Effect? Maybe not.)