...to continue the discussion on cognitive errors (remember that? 
), this is a fascinating examination of the "backfire effect" -- basically we're quite heavily wired to hold and defend a dearly held belief, and the more evidence we're given that it's wrong, the more we'll defend it.
And since the Internet provides and almost limitless supply of information to cherry-pick, people are inclined to become less, rather than more, open minded. Welcome to ideological balkanisation.
http://www.alternet.org/story/151426/why_do_people_believe_stupid_stuff,_even_when_they%27re_confronted_with_the_truth?page=entire
I provide a speaker cable burning in service, by the way... $400 (incl shipping), your cables get thoroughly burned in and returned in a nice box with smart looking certificate that will add 30% to resale value, and will deliver clearly discernible pace and vitality to the black spaces between notes*.
~R
(* only noobs call this "silence")
), this is a fascinating examination of the "backfire effect" -- basically we're quite heavily wired to hold and defend a dearly held belief, and the more evidence we're given that it's wrong, the more we'll defend it.And since the Internet provides and almost limitless supply of information to cherry-pick, people are inclined to become less, rather than more, open minded. Welcome to ideological balkanisation.
http://www.alternet.org/story/151426/why_do_people_believe_stupid_stuff,_even_when_they%27re_confronted_with_the_truth?page=entire
I provide a speaker cable burning in service, by the way... $400 (incl shipping), your cables get thoroughly burned in and returned in a nice box with smart looking certificate that will add 30% to resale value, and will deliver clearly discernible pace and vitality to the black spaces between notes*.
~R
(* only noobs call this "silence")
