Cognitive Dissonance: Your Response to Conflicting Beliefs

Cognitive dissonance is based on the idea that when two ideas are psychologically not consistent with each other, we change them and make them consistent. If the two conflicting ideas are deeply ingrained in our identity, this mental imbalance can become overwhelming and intoxicate our thoughts - and as a result we may believe even the most absurd conspiracy theories. Watch this video about the origins of this idea and its original research from 1954.
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Script: Jonas Koblin
Artist: Pascal Gaggelli
Voice: Matt Abbott
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:08 The full story
01:38 Cognitive dissonance
02:41 The cult observation
03:17 Festinger's assessment
04:41 What do you think?
05:04 Patron credits
05:13 Ending
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[@Whizzer]

Don't talk at them, ask them questions to lead them to the source. It's hard to be mad at the one asking questions when you come to the conclusions yourself.

[@sprouts]

Good point

[@drjp4212]

Socratic approach.

[@croissantlover1]

I've done this with someone close, and usually, it leads to them getting angry, which i guess is a self-defense triggering in them.

[@TheForgotme]

This doesnt work. Especially with politics. Theyll just source media with their bias.

[@stopscrolling8986]

This is called "induced hypocrisy" in psychology, a specific paradigm based on cognitive dissonance that leads to behavioural change instead of attitude change

[@kiyopon3585]

Because of this video I will able to not engage in arguments with idiots on internet. I finally understand how it works, it saved lot of time and energy.

[@sprouts]

Yes

[@maxiegrobner9018]

How do you know you’re not the idiot?

[@kiyopon3585]

@@maxiegrobner9018 I might be. But I am pretty sure earth is not flat

[@TheForgotme]

Part of the reason I do it, is also for whoever might be reading it.

[@cptcurk192]

I invented the internet! Whew! Glad I got that off my chest.

[@naj3x]

I find the experiment of payments the more intuitive to explain this phenomenon. There was two kind of participants doing VERY boring tasks. One was paid 5 buck while the others 100. Which ones rated the task more fun? The ones that were paid less. The idea is that doing such boring task for little reward resulted in a cognitive dissonance which was resolved if you think the task is kinda fun. However the ones that were paid more rated the task very boring since they were justified because they "were paid to do it". (all this is from memory you are welcome to search the original paper, I may be wrong in details)

[@sprouts]

Thanks 🙏

[@TheForgotme]

Intereesting. So, I didnt actually think that being a dance teacher & a dj was more fun than working in a call center?

[@inevitablemma1435]

That doesn't make sense to me. But that is one way a person gets cognitive dissonance

[@emilepapillon2275]

@@TheForgotme No. One fundamental part that you missed is that the participants were ALL given the same very boring tasks.

[@marleaumarleau]

@@inevitablemma1435 basically, we 'double-down' on justifying something as okay (not boring or absurd) to appease our feeling of tension or discomfort at having allowed ourselves to do something demeaning or beneath our capabilities. "I must have enjoyed it or some component of it if I'd do it for so little money".

[@charliepeterson1745]

I was raised in a Pentecostal Cult. From birth, me and my siblings prayed for half an hour every morning before breakfast. I even prayed willingly for an hour or more a day as I grew older. We fasted yearly from 8 years old. We went to church at least twice a week, and attended regular church activities. I spent my whole life strongly believing in God, and our Christian faith. We had no birthday parties, I was kept up hours past bed time every week for church. I was told not to believe in evolution, that the world was only 6,000 years old and that man kind was created in Gods image. That the world was filled with evil people, and that I should walk in God by not smoking or drinking, reading the bible, praying daily and fellowshipping weekly. I was also told to marry someone in the church so they don’t lead me astray. I was also told that if I prayed miracles would happen. People often shared the same "miracle" stories and continued year after year praying for healings that would never come. Yet as I became older, I noticed the world my parents and everyone in the church had described my whole life, wasn’t the world I observed. This was my experience of "cognitive dissonance". I remember walking outside for hours every day thinking about evolution, and trying to understand all the contradictions in the Christian explanations I had been given. I started noticing how ridiculous the beliefs where of these people, and how they didn’t even line up with each other. I asked the question "if the bible is true, why can’t Christian’s agree on what it says?” They all claim to get their answers from God, why isn’t he telling them all the same story? My Dad’s answer was simple "I know I am following God, and God says this. So if anyone disagrees then they’re walking in the flesh." He believes the way is strait and narrow, and only a few are chosen. At 25 I finally left the church and it was a breath of fresh air. Oddly enough, nothing bad happened to me (yet) like they warned. I lost my closest friends and my family no longer speak with me despite my best efforts. They think I’m going to turn out "nasty", but unfortunately for them, they’re still waiting for that day. People have been waiting for 2,000 years for Jesus Christ to return. And my family strongly believes it will be happening in their lifetime. I guess we’ll find out 🤷‍♂️

[@lenyalcantara8346]

Charlie same thing is happening with me now just trying to make sense of this whole religion thing. I was Pentecostal but my family left the church for personal reasons. Although we still practiced the same belief. Some days I feel as I'm an agnostic and other day I can see myself heading back to those limiting belief of being part of the Pentecostal church and just as this video had said I'm just trying to be consistent in the things I belief and make sense. Any advice

[@sprouts]

Thanks for sharing this with us 🙏🏻

[@charliepeterson1745]

@@lenyalcantara8346 I’ll tell you what worked for me. Learning the history of the bible and religion really helped shape my view. I studied scripture a lot as a house leader, but decided that basing my beliefs off Iron Age texts over modern science wasn’t a good idea. I told my sister that if there was any tangible evidence for God, there wouldn’t be any room for faith. She replied and told me “there may not be good evidence for God, but if we see his works around us isn’t that enough?” I replied, “just because we see lightning in the sky, does that make it the work of Zeus?” There are many great KZbin channels like Sam Harris and Genetically Modified Skeptic. Watching their videos along with debates of Christian vs atheist helped me view the evidence around me without so much bias. It also helps to avoid coming to a conclusion unless there is overwhelming factual evidence to support the claim. Unfortunately Christian’s invent answers when there is no reliable answer. And they believe in something because it makes them feel comfortable, not because it’s backed by logic and factual evidence. I don’t judge Christian’s or anyone for their beliefs. But over the years I’ve seen the consequences for believing in “God” and it’s not pretty. Always be skeptical, particularly of your own beliefs and conceptions. And don’t just adopt the beliefs of your family and the people around you. Let me know how it all goes 🤓

[@jonakuka6578]

God does not reside in the religious institutions. Religious institutions do not want to lose their status quo. All of them, including the ones representing my religion, Islam. But the Islam of the priests is not the Islam of the Book. Seeking the guidance of God is a lifelong journey.

[@Onbeperk]

Don’t overcomplicate it, forget everything any being ever taught you about religion. There are two options, either you believe in a time, matter and chance theory or that someone be it God, created you and everything around you. If you were created, the only true reason after you examine all possible reasons is ultimately because God is love and he created you exactly as you are now. Exactly as you are, not perfect, questioning everything, doing terrible things that deserves only death. He loves you exactly as you are and all he wants is for you to love Him back(not that the opposite will make Him love you any less). Don’t ask anyone else, ask God, become sensitive enough to feel His voice speaking inside you and examine if that is who you will listen to. If it is inline with the bible you know it is from God, what bible/torra/book you may ask? The one that speaks to the reason you were created, love. God is a ultimate God, He absolutely loves you and He absolutely hates sin, big or small, to Him there is only one punishment for any sin, death. Who died for your sin so you can have eternal life? Not talking about heaven and hell, to be with God is heaven and to not know Him is hell.

[@rosettesionne9139]

I am living my most intense cognitive dissonance I could never imagine. I faced an issue with one of my professors who openly humiliated me because I couldn't do what he wanted he said I had mental problems because of it and destroyed my reputation another one insulted me and attacked my sanity because I got angry and confronted him about his behavior but when I complained every body minimized what they did by saying they were in a bad mood and putting the fault in me that I surely did something harmful for them to treat me that way... Okay I said to myself as long as I didn't anger them they will treat me with respect (I knew nothing about codependency at this time) but one thing I noticed is that when people makes me angry and that I reacted I was blamed with my anger and heard words like respect your elders or honor your parents even if their own behaviors were extremely disrespectful but when I did something that angered them I was severely humiliated and they used my behavior as an excuse to justify their reaction... So at the end is it normal to get angry when annoyed or is it abnormal my brain is stuck

[@inevitablemma1435]

I think your expectations of yourself and others is too high. And you weren't being understood I would feel the same. You remind me of my daughter. These are the things she usually gets upset about when having a bad day at school

[@jamesjabagat2]

I recommend you to share these to people that has connections with your anger, connect them by a sincere apology. Its something to address your lack of knowledge about anger. Stating that you may act more than you think when you are angry, but you are still eager to learn about how to handle such situations. This will surely give better results than being silent, because I can guarantee it will give you a life lesson. Goodluck with it!

[@GhostavoTrillz]

Wow this is pure. Pure example of cognitive dissonance You should make a video and post here

[@redkent6388]

I started really learning about cognitive dissonance a few months ago and was able to see how it appears in everyone's lives around and within myself. I compare it with studying film in school, after a while you watch movies differently, watching the camera angles and their meaning, the pacing and the backgrounds etc. I feel like I've become that way with cognitive dissonance now. When it appears it has become easier to deal with because of the practice applied to small and seemingly inadequate things such as cleaning, dishes, laundry, food, exercise, learning (learning has by far been one of the biggest, learning the foundations of everything around - like soil - strengthens your foundation in logic). Once you are able to start dealing with the dissonance appropriately, through wholesome actions, then it doesn't create any negative justifications. You become less hypocritical, hateful and jealous. I've lived in Thailand for 8 years and as with most foreigners that come, I've never learned Thai (until recently). I realised that in the early days, every foreigner I met would say the same - it's too difficult, I have enough to get around. But logically of course learning Thai has every benefit possible, but the justification of difficulty is very easy to choose not to do something. And hearing it from other people who were here longer than me made it easy to give the justification credence. I broke down the illogical justification and started learning progressively and my Thai has improved tenfold in a short time, it also inspired me to diversify learning to more things as language teaches a lot about the power of learning - going from looking at symbols (thai script) and over months watching it become sounds in my own mind. Being able to choose the right path to cognitive consonance is the first step in being able to undo past & continuous negative justifications that have formed unwholesome habits, thoughts, attitudes and beliefs.

[@sprouts]

I’ve also learned thai. Jing jing.

[@limitlessthesyndicate980]

💯 well said

[@holidayturnpike]

You better study those moonlanding clips 😂

[@whatablissfullife]

“A life unexamined is not a life worth living”

[@logicaldennis1245]

This is also used in business, Have you ever been shopping and picked up an item, but couldn’t make up your mind? Should I or shouldn’t I buy it? To reduce your cognitive dissonance, the store allows for returns, meaning you are more likely not to fret over buying the item.

[@michaelt.wardlespider2496]

It seems that cognitive dissonance is at the root of a large portion of the political turmoil which threatens to tear the world asunder. Perhaps I am mistaken...

[@FAVanguard]

You cant change a mind not based in reality. If a person doesnt acknowledge facts, logic or reason, you cannot persuade them.

[@yungsuh2]

The first atom model was electrons embedded in a positively charged nucleus, the next one was a central nucleus with electrons orbiting it, similar to the solar system, recently it became a central nucleus with electrons just "hanging" around not really in orbit around the nucleus. My point is reality itself keeps changing, its whatever someone else told you it is.

[@badrah]

@mav Do you mean to agree with the observation and research findings presented in the video? Or Do you mean we should give up trying to persuade the person you described? In both cases, let's try not to be the person we are describing. Let's try not to ignore the facts, logic, and reason presented in the remaining parts of the video (why a person might be so). Shouldn't we then (as reasonable people) stop persuading them till we address the proposed reasons behind their challenge? Why are we trying to change someone's mind? What do we hope to achieve? I'm genuinely curious. Why might you yourself want/care to change a mind?

[@badrah]

@@yungsuh2 > "reality keeps changing" Can't agree more. Even though I'd personally put it slightly different: "our understanding and perception of reality keeps changing". > "It's whatever someone tells you" That I'd strongly challenge. When we genuinely care about reality, we care to learn, including listening to what's being told around. However, we don't stop there (I hope) and we look into their evidence, rational, sources, and then make our own decision whether we accept "what they tell" or not.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Which, to some degree, is every human that has ever lived.

[@ericoloreto4638]

4:41 Actually, the only way to change the mind of convinced person is through emotion. Our minds are not like scientists, who research and come to conclusions. Our mind are like lawyers, who just look for explanations for what we already believe. And our beliefs are often constructed through emotions, mainly some fear.

[@skybluskyblueify]

I think if the people are family or close friends of the person experiencing long-term cognitive dissonance despite the proof you show them if you can tolerate their behavior you can hang around and be ready to support them when they do have doubts. I think asking minor somewhat innocent questions that pertain to slightly related phenomena you can plant doubts in their minds over time. You have to be sneaky as to not get them to be defensive yet still plant doubts in their thinking.

[@sprouts]

Insightful!

[@noonebutme]

This is really manipulative tho and some people who would do this with the same reasoning are actually the ones experiencing cognitive dissonance, not the person they’re trying to “save”

[@tos100returns]

Recognizing your own weaknesses and biases is essential to reaching the truth. My weakness is with certain people and situations. For example, if I make a new friend, but that person is destructive to me, I'll make excuses for them so that I can keep that friendship that I want to have, even though it's probably not really a friendship and most definitely something I must not defend. It's about wanting a specific outcome. Others do this with things like the pandemic. When they "did their own research," what they did was use Google to search for things they already agreed with. This is why the Scientific Method was set up in a way where one first makes a hypothesis and then sets out to prove it WRONG. That's because the hypothesis contains what a person THINKS they see, or what they WANT to see. If they set out to prove what they see right, then they will twist reality until they get the results that they want. Hypothesizing and then setting out to prove one's self correct is what is done in religion, because they want their beliefs to be true. But wanting your beliefs to be true and the actual truth are sometimes two completely different things.

[@wintensity]

"Others do this with things like the pandemic. When they "did their own research," what they did was use Google to search for things they already agreed with. " You think every single person that did research did exactly that? Do you know each person who said that on an individual level? I did my own research, yet I didn't do what you're saying I did.

[@katchinked]

Confirmation bias

[@ceep3a251]

Hi. I’m one of the Canadian citizens our corrupt government likes to refer to as “far-right fringe, conspiracy theorist, extremist”. Did my own research… you know… the way we were taught in grade school to refer to actual sources (for example, not blindly listening to appeal of authority from the supposed “experts” but referring to what they share as their “proofs”). All one needs to do is break down the stats for their age group (using the government’s own data) to see what the beauocrats (who are the vast majority of nepotism and crony capitalists) and NGO’s are spewing is not at all truth. Based on their OWN data. So from my perspective, you have intellects and you have intellectually inept. One likes to ask questions and investigate. The other likes to keep to their daily lives, follow the path of least resistance (like aerosolized viruses!) and blindly appeal to authority. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’d love to have an open conversation with you regarding this supposed pandemic if you’d be open to it; and not simply attack one’s character but formulate a thoughtful and logical articulation of arguments? I often find people who like to refer to those who disagree with anything of the last couple of years, don’t usually have any ground to stand on other than ad hominem attacks and logical fallacies. Truth can be scrutinized. Falsehoods can’t.

[@blacksherif993]

It's always nice to hear this channel give such amazing content. 😊

[@michaelmccarthy4892]

The way I cope is by telling myself that people are complicated and it doesn't mean certain beliefs conflict, you just have to tip toe around those complications because nobody is perfect.

[@ayyymacaroni]

I've felt so much dissonance in my life that I resorted to compulsive rituals and habits to keep myself sane. I still have to stop myself from tapping flagpoles, jumping over sidewalk cracks 3 times, or slapping a door every time I open or close it.

[@analeticiasantiagodonascim469]

Hey, I hope you're doing okay. So, these compulsive habits you have sound a lot like OCD, I know because I have OCD too. Let me tell you, you NEED to see a psychiatrist. OCD doesn't get better with time, in fact the longer it takes for you to seek help the WORSE it gets. You absolutely need both therapy AND meds, that's the only way to recover from this cruel, torturing disorder. I wish you good luck!

[@ayyymacaroni]

@@analeticiasantiagodonascim469 I already got tested for OCD and determined that it was not a disorder. I do have obsessive-compulsive tendencies, but my brain's so weird that I was able to just be like "i don't got time for this" and I've been good for about a month now.

[@analeticiasantiagodonascim469]

@@ayyymacaroni I would get a second opinion if I were you. You said you have to do those rituals to keep yourself sane, that sounds a lot like OCD. And if it is, you won't feel better for much longer without meds, but I truly hope you'll be okay.

[@marleaumarleau]

@@ayyymacaroni This is so interesting! That your coping was OCD adjacent. I understand the difference between tendencies vs disorder. It sounds like you feel pretty fortunate to be the former, to be able to cognitively recognize and manage.

[@mitsunori222000]

Just what I was looking for: clear and well presented.

[@papiiluvz]

That shot of Randy looking at Rollins after the war games match is perfection

[@SkyGuardianHelmet]

It's not only ideas but even our memories. It's kinda horrifying that sometimes we even alter our memories to keep the image(or "conviction") we have of ourselves intact... and that even knowing that this exists we do it again and again. And yea it's not only some people who experience it, many or even everyone

[@richardlynch5632]

Education is key for rational thinking.

[@armin4984]

Sadly many of the so well educated went down the path of cognitive dissonance and haven't returned yet. Check doctors in US.

[@richardlynch5632]

@@armin4984 Perhaps a more rounded education can help with making choices that would help with realization of a foreseeable future rather than just a vocation/profession future?

[@ceep3a251]

As long as you have a memory, you can be educated. Intellect and intelligence are not synonymous. What we need is more logic and reasoning skills in schools instead of agendas; teach people HOW to think, instead of what to think.

[@richardlynch5632]

@@ceep3a251 😁👍😎

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work Thank you

[@sor3999]

For me if there is a conflict of facts, I learn not to be married to what I know before and seek to resolve the conflict by verifying which is actually true. Figuring out what is true is the hard part as most people can only work on trust. An education in science can help keep things objective.

[@RadioSapiens]

many thanks!

[@TimKerman]

Very useful thankyou

[@dimitrispapadopoulos71]

the same problem had also Gustave Le Bon, because in one book in the end wrote "I thought that the most difficult efford was to learn people new things, now I change my mind and I think that the most difficult efford is to delete the things that somebody learn wrong and learn the right ones".

[@Loganl1980]

Find the keystone. There is always an an analogy, some situation where either one of them will be annihilated or a nuance will be understood.

[@danthiel8623]

Unbelief is like that as well, minds be darkened.

[@gamezswinger]

Experience can do the trick, but only if the person is willing to step back and understand it. Sadly, most people don't have time to step back and reflect.

[@jessltf3222]

I have been aware of myself tweaking varying ideas and beliefs until they fit neatly into one philosophy but I never knew that was “a thing” your brain had a need to do. o_o

[@Nemura12]

Holding two ideas that contradict and holding those without any cognitive issonance is call holograric thinking. Sadly these days people in general can't do it and the dissonance becomes prevelant. Is this the new norm?....

[@sprouts]

Insightful 🙏🏻

[@stanlundahl901]

"Discovering the Future" The Business of Paradigms by Joel Arthur Baker is excellent on the topic. Thanks for this video‼️

[@Life_42]

This is great information on how to control people that go to church. Great tactics I see used at churches. 4:19

[@bicelisGeopolitics]

min 4:09 hard to leave: 1- deep convictions, 2-things difficult to undo, 3-receiving social support

[@sor3999]

4:07 I have observed, too, that the more entrench someone is in an idea the less likely they will be open to conflicting ideas. Religious people who dedicated their whole lives to it (priests, etc). Anyone heavily involved in politics, as in actually canvasing or volunteering, etc, not just armchair involved. I can sort of understand, it must be devastating to learn that you wasted a good chunk of your life on something that wasn't even true or right, especially if you've done some horrible things in the name of it.

[@olanwebb2805]

I've seen the movie called "Paul" where he downloaded all this knowledge and experience into a person, if only that was possible.

[@Sombody123]

"MMA fighter meets a chi/aura master" is such a nice culmination of this phenomenon.

[@Shaiyene]

People cling to their beliefs in order to avoid being challenged by anything that conflicts with their current ethics and morality. An example would be using your religious beliefs to excuse your discomfort with anyone who is different from you and justify the feeling that you never need to challenge your biases.

[@joshuasbecreative8444]

Awesome video

[@sprouts]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@georgeghannoum6722]

I am sorry, but I am confused is there a way I can understand this better? Thx❤

[@wheat-is-an-ugly-drug]

i cant help but ponder deeply, that, cognative dissonance is a nagative form of reaction and that there is a possitive one too. if this is already observed, then i appologise, but id like to contribute by calling out what i believe exists and should be studied further/talked about openly. i name it "possitive harmony" it is somethintg we all disire deeply. but ive never heard it "mentioned" in any other way than. "we must be soul mates", i met you in a past life" disirable europhoric sensation. it is directly related to how a comedian makes you laugh. its a feeling that youre connecting and are not alone. like a shared experience. it has a very healing effect, and if you strip a human of it, they become mentally and physically ill. ""POSSITIVE HARMONY"

[@ClarkAboudaz]

Went through a 3 months cognitive dissonance when learning the idea of original sin the idea people are born sinners wasn’t historically believed until 400 years after Christianity started. It threatened all my relationship, creditability, and what I had been telling people for years. If it was wrong the ramifications for the majority of Christianity was those churches were wrong and I needed to find a Christian church that believed the original teachings of the Bible. I was afraid I was just crazy and everyone else was right.

[@GrimJerr]

You have to lead the horse to water and persuade him that it is his idea to drink !

[@seegxyber4803]

🤣👌 ✅♋♏♓=▶✨🎁‼

[@GA-lf2uh]

Talk about cognitive dissonance. The creators of this video can't imagine any meat eater either not caring how their meal came about or already knowing but being happy to continue eating meat. You'll notice they assume anyone knowing about animals and meat would have to eat less meat or enter denial - the mere thought someone could continue eating meat or even increase their meat consumption is anathema to the video creators and thus to mitigate their cognitive dissonance, the creators have to eliminate the troublesome possibilities.

[@majdavojnikovic]

it was strange during covid how my reality was so different than the reality of some people that i would meet. my fears and beliefs and their fears and beliefs were so different. nobody could change nobody's mind :) and i like the example with meat, as i experienced that one. now i eat meat not more than once a week while waiting for lab meat to save my soul.

[@sweatyeti]

I appreciate the video mentioned the omnivore's dilemma. For all the good-natured, well-intentioned and compassionate people in the world, consuming animal products is still a very normal and socially acceptable thing to do, and an instance of cognitive dissonance for many people -- likely for the majority of people who watch the video. Best wishes on your journey towards living a dissonance-free life! =)

[@david33mtrb]

I wonder how many people watch this video, and upon seeing the example of individuals who did not leave the cult, then think to themselves, “Oh, those poor people, they have no idea how they are being manipulated?” And yet the same viewers have experienced cognitive dissidence with their personal religious beliefs, and yet made the same choice. 🤔🙂🤪 lol

[@Njordin2010]

or mainstream wokeism/liberalism (american definition) which lives from cognitive dissonance

[@andonedave]

Is it cognitive dissonance if a person doesn’t feel discomfort holding inconsistent/ contradictory views?

[@MCandMosRandomChannel]

I believe that is hologrartic thinking, but going to validate this :)!

[@lourensduplessis5580]

Are these audios in Spotify?

[@edwardquigley4719]

Indepentdent artist working on a five year 5 mega structor "compound" in the middle of Montana.... Two days prior to "final completion" i eas tele'd and questionioned"why did you do such and such?" W.tf? abc....ect;ect; MIND BLOWN You're kidding You must be Certianly it's not me.......💥

[@sor3999]

2:17 Does changing the two conflicting ideas also involve erasing or denying the other entirely?

[@skellingtonmeteoryballoon]

This is probably not helpful , but I’ll share just in case, the most intense case of cognitive dissonance I did experienced at the point where I was confronted with truths that helped me realize and distinguish self deception. Basically, it threw me for a loop to realize the amount of blind faith I had in believing certain lies that I was unable to convince anyone else that was true , nor justify with tangible/scientific evidence. Due to self fulfilling prophecy theory , I did noticed that after making the decision to practice faith with testing and evidence, stop suicide and believing my own lies bondage routine, that’s pretty much about the time I noticed each individual from immediate social circle started trying to elicit affirmation from me in acceptance of some lie narratives they created and even escalated that they continued over time with increased levels of aggression. I can’t recall the timing but at some point after this become a phenomenon to me like, “ not you too !” Mindset attitude and triggered suicidal/perishing feeling I got when I was doing that to myself. This of course did cause yet another cognitive dissonance reaction from feeling abused by what was and or seemed like safe and loving social circle environment prior to previous bout of cognitive dissonance. Just sharing the experience and not intended to be an advice or sold or used for anyone’s marketing testimonial. Thanks kindly

[@MCandMosRandomChannel]

all sharing is ok. We are here for that. I hoipe you have manged to fix this now

[@Boingfish1]

XX and XY is reversible simply by a feeling, right?

[@jackmorgan8931]

“Luke, you’re going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” Sir Alec Guinness as Obi Wan Kenobi, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, released in 1983. So here I am, just me, a nobody. I get up, go outside, look up and around and, well, from MY point of view, yep, the earth does indeed look flat. I look up and think the sky is blue. No, not really "blue" at all but rather the appearance of "blue" because it's all about light waves bouncing off atoms...yeah, all that scientific stuff. Oh, but that's when *I* am told that I must yield, must accept the conclusions, the "truths" of those who are...oh yes, more educated than me. And so here I am, in 2022, living in a world that has been worshipping at the feet of those armed with all that "formal education", yes, those who I am to accept, those who "prove wrong" anything/everything that I, poor li'l ol me, have thought was true or, maybe at best, might have been the truth. And it is "those people," those armed with all that formal education and knowledge to which I have never been privy, who are so eagerly accepted as being the Ruling Class. Yes, I am so simply obey. And I watch all the rape, pillaging, and plundering, yes, "man's inhumanity to man" just keep playing out, year after year. Nothing changes, does it? Damn. Sounds exactly like those old days, you know, "back when" the "church" was the Ruling Authority. Don't question. Don't challenge. Simply believe...and obey. But "cognitive dissonance" does have a nicer ring than "faith," doesn't it? So the moral of the tale is simple: Do NOT think for yourself. Do NOT reach any conclusions for yourself. Instead, believe only and do only what those with all that formal education teach and preach. Be a docile, obedient serf and peasant. You just work, pay your taxes, and believe whatever WE tell you. Got it.

[@VIDEOSASDE]

Immovable stupidity is everlasting and unyielding ...

[@YUSUFFAWWAZBINFADHLULLAHMoe]

“The moment your brain holds two contradicting ideas, you experience distress.” Could use that to write a novel, the reader getting more and more confused and distressed because of the same situation being described contradictively >:)

[@sprouts]

If they keep reading.. ;)

[@voravitlama6423]

I think this video is uploaded again. Last year I watched this kind of animated video of Cognitive Dissonance. I studied social psychology course and we did group assignment on this topic. Comment below if somebody think the same.

[@sprouts]

Nope. It’s a premiere

[@SofiaGonzalez-bv1hh]

Queridos amigos, saludos!

[@kithenry]

Who defines which story is a conspiracy theory and which isn't?

[@lexsmith7821]

The only way to help others with change, is MORE LOVE.

[@rachelkrats5569]

I find the ideas of plastic straws is an idea of cognitive dissonance. Knowing that plastic straws are a convince to the public and a profit restaurants and other fast food establishments we knkw they are harming the environment and still take them for our convince. This Is cognitive dissonance as we know they are harming the environment and the oceanic wildlife but we still use them. Getting people to find an alternative that is just as conventional will change and there minds and find a way to help the environment

[@thelastninja4825]

you just described how gen-z mind works

[@rakeshkhatua007]

4:32 to end important

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Cognitive dissonance is just insufficient processing power as well as memory, but in humans.

[@toxxicworld]

cognitive dissonance mixed with anxiety attachments is crippling

[@kennethwilliams8696]

Interesting presentation. I wonder if you can do a part II with specific conditions like gender dysphoria or radical feminism?

[@danieljohndombek]

When an honest man discovers he is mistaken, he will either cease to be mistaken or cease to be honest. -- Anonymous

[@aaronking5170]

Are Cognitive Dissonance and healthy skepticism one-and-the-same?

[@jonathoncardwell6786]

How about using aversion therapy to screenshot evidence and pictures I take of flags on flag poles being perfectly still in a thunderstorm.

[@x1xMOBx1x]

WOW ✨✨✨💪💪💪☀️

[@Think666_]

I wonder if there is a way to evolve out of this dangerous flaw... Hmm. Probably not without quite a mess.

[@jesuscalero1098]

"meat eaters" How dare u?

[@TzviFievel5784]

Disconfirming evidence, or information that does not conform with a person's belief system, opinion of someone, or tenets of a cult. Then, especially if a person was made aware of disconfirming information by his or her own experience, the previously held belief system may begin to unravel.

[@ankaplanka]

There is a lot cognitive dissonance around how we autistic people are being treated in society. So much so that a lot of "autism moms", politicans, "experts" and others tend to tell everyone they can that "autism is a tragedy". They might be the one who triggers their children to meltdown most of the time. It's important for us to have someone who understands us, someone we just relax with. Every situation feels new, because no situation are 100% alike. Even the most well-meaning people have biases against us. People fear disabilities so much, it's depressing. With the way people handle covid, a lot more people will become disabled, so hopefully they will accept this reality before then.

[@leptitecran9067]

As people believe in something wrong, in religion, there is people on internet explaining that oriental religion, people wait for the sunset to eat during but on the internet a guy says : if a Muslim people live in the North Antarctic they will wait a long time before to eat because the sun never go down never a sunset during a period. So before believe in something, needs to change point of view and learn about people from around the world to escape from cognitive dissonance : why continue to believe in something wrong ?

[@emilepapillon2275]

Asking people questions like Socrates can sometimes remedy the cognitive dissonance.

[@imjelo]

Are talking about Socratic Questioning?

[@emilepapillon2275]

@@imjelo yes

[@kyleerikson4971]

'People need guns to protect themselves from people with guns. We need more guns.'

[@ahmedmuhammad4441]

It's only a problem for the burdened ones

[@ggstylz]

You can lead a horse to water…

[@jer103]

Why can't you just accept 2 different ideas? I do this all the time.

[@sprouts]

Dito

[@ceep3a251]

Logical fallacies. Either something is true or false; 2 conflicting ideas cannot both be simultaneously true. Unless you mean you are apathetic to 2 different ideas. 🧐

[@badrah]

. Help ourselves build alternative healthier routines and habits. . Learn more about acceptance and try to practice accepting and compassionate behaviors. . Find healthier alternatives to the sources of support we are receiving (including our own brain as one of these sources to temporarily replace or at least validate). These were top of mind thoughts right after I watched the video. In other words, we can start by focusing on (i.e. take an action towards) the main 3 points we already identified in the video standing in the way of sense-making. Again, I'm not claiming this is "the" only way to go about the challenge. I'm only suggesting a starting point based on what I've just watched. I will definitely keep thinking and working on it in order to validate the proposal itself :) How does this sound to you? What thoughts, pictures, emotions have it brought to your mind?

[@alondraacosta-mora6504]

I think my boyfriend has this and e is messing up with my mind now for real

[@TerrelleCheers1]

Experience > imagination

[@xlegendary_leex_1058]

This is an emotional problem. Meaning some choices will result in irrational decision making

[@TimKerman]

John 8:32: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

[@satanofficial3902]

Personal Opinions that instantly and automatically replace any and all actual facts because it's their Personal Opinion that their Personal Opinions do.

[@satanofficial3902]

You she entity lifeforces (including she entity lifeforces existing in XY DNA template bodies) can have the most bizarre notions and do the strangest things. And when your smug Personal Opinions have totally messed things up, then it's blame projection elsewhere time.

[@SAMACAG]

The Einstein Munchausen Experiments show that Physicists and Astronomers can shut down their moral and their intelligence.

[@swapnild3350]

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[@evanrutherfordlazyahole9079]

When your mind is fighting for survival but the popular people are slowly killing you and the guy you shit on trys to save your life.

[@evanrutherfordlazyahole9079]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqi2hn2DZ6qsp6c&pp=ygUYc28geW91IGhhdmUgY2hvc2VuIGRlYXRo

[@alondraacosta-mora6504]

I think I’m insane now lol

[@setaside77]

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like -James 1:23-24 NIV

[@Nemura12]

The words in this video are put together very smartly so we accept the status quo is our subconscious of today's society. "the new normal"

[@scottwinter-sb6lp]

I have changed minds in ways you can't imagine I'm the greatest psychologist there is the world has been altered and they have not yet taken notice 🔔 of it

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

What's so hard about accepting new information?

[@redsparks2025]

The three conditions given in the video are a start. So what reason did you give yourself to forget what you where just told in the video? 😉Being honest with one's "self" is not easy. 😇

[@user-ko8xr8pz4m]

Thank you for this wonderful and valuable content. I am from Egypt. I am interested in raising children and psychology, and unfortunately the Middle East. (Healthy childhood = Healthy society) I know that this content is allowed to be used. But I wanted to ask your permission before using it again. Thank you for this great effort and all the support for you to continue. God bless you

[@sophiachin1262]

Loving and hating the narcissist at the same time because of their abuse and ill treatment. Or leaving someone because they are no good and then forgetting that and starting to love them again after they been gone for awhile which is actually neglect and abandonment and literal proof of just how much they do not love you. It's a fuckery called double mindedness... yes it is distressful and disturbing best let go and try life all over again if someone causes you that much problems or trauma. Reject instability and disappointment. Go for true love and genuine proven dependability and trustworthiness from a compatible partner.

[@ALGARIC]

Story of my life

[@applied.precision]

You forgot the third option for meat eaters that learn how their food is processed: accepting that we live in an imperfect world and that global markets are unlikely to be compassionate and kind, and then moving on with life while accepting that we contribute to that system.

[@kjartan.-wv2hp]

source?

[@redsparks2025]

Underneath the video when you click the word "more". They really should make that word stand out better.

[@theophilus749]

How about the Cognitive Dissonance cult? I allude to those who readily use the concept to avoid the hard work of rationally examining the arguments of those they would much more easily prefer to think suffer from it.

[@chasecarter8848]

What if I'm just comfortable with where meat comes from, like most well adjusted adults? Youre 45 seconds in and either projecting or preaching, and either way I can really trust you now, can I?

[@sor3999]

The episode was definitely written by a vegan who couldn't fathom the possibility that people do know, but don't care. How my food is prepared and eating it aren't even the same topic.

[@sinnohperson8813]

KZbin comment section in a nutshell lol

[@pyeitme508]

RAD

[@evanrutherfordlazyahole9079]

Sorry I had to do it...