François Chollet on Twitter: "How much of Covid denialism is about refusing to lose face after having been wrong for so long? Better retreat to conspiracy theories than admit that your heroes lied to you and that you believed it"

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1. Phaedrus‏ @Stardustman42 27 Jul 2020
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  Sunk cost
  
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1. joepliss‏ @joepliss 27 Jul 2020
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  Its not just the individual that won’t cover the face but more significant are the social bonds, signaled. In other words, it’s hard enough to change your mind. But if you have to disappoint / betray your tribe, that’s a big leap.
  
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1. Jai Sharma‏ @Jai_Sharma 27 Jul 2020
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  We are not allowed to formulate a theory ..let alone conspiracy theories
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1. Bjorke uıʌǝʞ‏ @bjorke 27 Jul 2020
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  Also, tribal identity. It wouldn't be as embarrassing to do the right, safe thing -- but what if your friends see you?
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1. Ludvig Smedh‏ @AbergLudvig 27 Jul 2020
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  I think this "refusing to lose face" is a universal phenomenon for secondary stances. What we all should do is to give people at this stage an out; we all lose by pushing them further into their corner.
  
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1. Flyhigher‏ @flyhigher45 27 Jul 2020
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  Do you support ccp and who covering their a**?
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1. Social Data Science‏ @AlbertsChatter 27 Jul 2020
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  Buyers remorse is a bitch
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1. Tony F Verow MD/Vandelay Biomed‏ @vandelaybiomed 28 Jul 2020
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  That's a good insight. Once a person embraces nonsense they stand to lose face and status if they admit by their actions they were wrong.
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1. Christopher Cường.eth Nguyen ‏ @pentagoniac 28 Jul 2020
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  99% of it. This is how most humans deal with cognitive dissonance.
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1. In Flancia we'll meet‏ @flancian 28 Jul 2020
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  Usually seen as a manifestation of cognitive dissonance. I like to think of it as metaphorical Anton-Babinski:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%E2%80%93Babinski_syndrome …
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