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

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[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pride/ego

Every person I know who is one of those people that can't be persuaded by logical arguments backed by irrefutable sources seems to have a powerful sense of ego/pride trending towards narcissistic. My father is like that, my stepdaughter-in-law, my former best friend, my kids former football coach, they're all people think they're smarter than everyone else, they still suffer from the same self doubt we all face but instead of facing those self doubts and finding teachable moments to learn and grow from, they instead doubledown on how great they are, and how much better than you they think they are.

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[–] nemanin@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
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[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's a fun thought experiment: you'd think that it's because people don't like being told they're wrong, because you'd make them seem stupid in public and their pride & ego will kick in and they'll do everything so that they don't appear like they're wrong, but what's funny is that they have the exact same attitude also when online with anonymous pseudonyms. It should in principle be easier to just say "mea culpa, I'm wrong" online since you're dealing with random internet strangers and no one knows who you are, but no, you will very rarely see that.

[–] Raphael@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

It's called liberal propaganda.

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