A person for whom exposure to cognitive dissonance has resulted in rational conclusions contrary to the 'official' narrative of history and/or culture. If this dissonance becomes great enough, the person will be compelled to start producing new cognitive dissonance, becoming a cognitive dissident.
An activist who disseminates information aimed at changing peoples opinions regarding an immoral status-quo could be regarded as a cognitive dissident
by grimeandreason July 8, 2010
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Wikipedia is an example of wide-scale deployment of cognitive surplus.
"You know where the time comes from. It comes from the cognitive surplus that you've been masking for 50 years".
"You know where the time comes from. It comes from the cognitive surplus that you've been masking for 50 years".
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Dealing with people that are just plain stupid and no amount of explaination, education or training will ever help them.
Dealing with my co-workers is such a cognitive burden.
I hate working in customer service. It’s a real cognitive burden.
I hate working in customer service. It’s a real cognitive burden.
by Eaton Holgoode November 27, 2018
Get the Cognitive Burden mug.Someone who learned about MBTI and thinks they're a master in psychology. They think their personality(which they picked out biasedly) is the master race and has no clue what cognitive functions are. They are most likely spotted in the wild saying they have an MBTI consisting of an N because they heard intuitives have a high IQ.
Girl "I think the reason I kind make friends is because I'm an INFJ and everyone is scared of my intellect."
Psychologist "Oh shit you're a Cognitive Nutsack."
Psychologist "Oh shit you're a Cognitive Nutsack."
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*The term distant relative is "Cognitive Disequilibriun" which was founded by development psychologist, Jean Piaget
*The term distant relative is "Cognitive Disequilibriun" which was founded by development psychologist, Jean Piaget
I just had a cognitive orgasm when I heard that scientists found anti matter utilizing the Hadron Collider
by Lenny Klever May 2, 2011
Get the cognitive orgasm mug.Which happens a lot, because the only historical examples of people to totally overthrow and eliminate government were communistic or directly Marxist. How does that fact give me cognitive dissonance?
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'We join the people of Cuba today in mourning the loss of this remarkable leader.'
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yep this is called cognitive dissonance.
'We join the people of Cuba today in mourning the loss of this remarkable leader.'
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yep this is called cognitive dissonance.
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