@paulg psych folks call this cognitive dissonance, I believe.
The test of being in the grip of an ideology is when it makes you believe things that are mutually contradictory.
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@ThatMightBePaul@paulg Cognitive dissonance happens when a new cognition is in contradiction with established ones. Then it hurts.
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@paulg but isn't decisions whether things are mutually contradictory subjective?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg interestingly, F. Scott Fitzgerald used almost the same language but deemed this "the test of a first rate intelligence."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg So close, and yet so far from Fitzgerald's test for a "first-rate mind" :) -
@KevinSimler@paulg Of course Fitzgerald was right - Show replies
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@paulg example?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg I believe that to believe is an ideology- pun intendedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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