A long article, but worth the read.
“The Semmelweis Reflex”...finally I’ve learned the name of something I see daily, in Politics, in Retail, in doctor’s offices, online, in religious institutions, and in families.
Why is it SO DIFFICULT to say:
“I was wrong about that. Thanks for letting me know the truth. I’m sorry, I guess I was mistaken”.
If anyone ever said that to me, I would respect them so much more! In fact, I would feel closer and more trusting of the person, instead of being totally infuriated by the GASLIGHTING that I encounter more often than not!
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good post.
That is so chilling but it absolutely needs to be said. You can’t reason with unreasonable people, and you can’t bargain with someone who doesn’t value you, your life or that of your family. They want to destroy us, and on the way, if our women are raped and tortured, that’s OK with them. These are not people who governments can negotiate with, and anyone who says otherwise are either very naive, very mistaken, or lying.
I don’t have a solution, but I do know that, until we recognize the problem, there can be no solution.
God isn’t going to hold you necessarily responsible for acting in a way, because of wrong knowledge, that truth later reveals you have been doing wrong. If you respond and say, okay my practise needs to change so that I am not harming people then you have responded with wisdom and humility to the truth. You have become a force for good in the way that you always had hoped who had been doing.
What happened to Semelweiss was a real travesty. Those doctors had the data but they had no one who could guide them into a moral consensus that said...we will now change our ways, now that we see the data. Perhaps they weren’t willing, perhaps they were just evil, perhaps a few listened but never made a big noise about it but quietly changed their practises. who knows...?
All I needed to know about Islam I learned on 911. I don’t care if they call me racist or Islamophobic. Islam is inherently evil. It cannot be reformed. It must be defeated.
The Semmelweis Reflex. It is a subset of cognitive dissonance.
Yes, it is highly visible today, especially in successful Western societies.
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Repeal the 19th.
Women will destroy everything rather than give up the self-imposed illusion that they are the eternal hero of a story which only exists in their own minds.
Sounds like Darwin
Hmmmm...do you suppose we could get some of New York’s newly elected fools to visit Gaza? After all, they love it, so surely they will be welcomed with open arms.
Of course, the same thing happens spiritually. See 2 Thessalonians 2:10b (KJV) they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Idiots would rather be right than wrong.