If faced with critical thinking, people tend to disregard what you’re trying to say and push back to their outlook.

  • Steve Sparrow@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Because we’re emotional creatures first, we default to what’s familiar or comfortable. Logic/critical thinking take sustained practice and a lot of effort. There’s a study that suggests that many of our conscious choices are simply post-hoc rationalizations for decisions made in the unconscious.

    I absolutely no longer trust anyone that insists they’re naturally and perfectly logical, they are unquestionably hiding some fixation or personal opinion which–if challenged–will make them unravel in the worst fashion.

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      1 year ago

      Agree. Every single “logical” person I’ve met has had no more logic than anyone else, just incredibly low EQ.