Whenever someone takes a dogmatic position that only leads into a confined recursive feedback loop of confirmation bias, thus further reinforcing that given belief and making it impossible to escape.
Kanye West - "Jewish people control the media and the entertainment industry."
*gets cancelled for antisemitic remarks*
Kanye West - "See!?..."
dude - "damn, Kanye fell into a cognitive black hole."
*gets cancelled for antisemitic remarks*
Kanye West - "See!?..."
dude - "damn, Kanye fell into a cognitive black hole."
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a pickle that is cognizent of its surroundings. it is able to subtract that which exists from that which does not exist and maintain a meager form of existance.
by richard free man July 10, 2006
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Example: Democrats
Example: Democrats
Joe Biden saying if the President had done his job, no one would have died from Covid-19, then declaring "there is nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months" is an extreme case of Cognitive Dissonance.
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You do a boring job, but is paid $30/hour, so you say that is a nice and interesting job....'well, it is not cognitive dissonance, I think is a great new job!!'
You are deciding about two movies, your girlfriend wants to see the most boring one so after the cinema, you think it was a good movie and cool after all.
You are deciding about two movies, your girlfriend wants to see the most boring one so after the cinema, you think it was a good movie and cool after all.
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PS3 fanboy: PS3 KICKS 360'S ASS ANYDAY.
Xbox fanboy: Uhhh...Okay. Cognitive dissonance. I'll just go back to playing Halo 3.
Xbox fanboy: Uhhh...Okay. Cognitive dissonance. I'll just go back to playing Halo 3.
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A deer stops and stares because he is evaluating the threat level of another deer during mating season.
A painter goes through his paint buckets in the garage to decide which ones have become useless or dried out, but then stops and searches his surroundings because of suspicious noise that sounded like a rat.
A deer stops and stares because he is evaluating the threat level of another deer during mating season.
A painter goes through his paint buckets in the garage to decide which ones have become useless or dried out, but then stops and searches his surroundings because of suspicious noise that sounded like a rat.
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