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PEOPLE REJECT POPULAR OPINIONS IF THEY ALREADY HOLD OPPOSING VIEWS, STUDY FINDS (0bama)
Ohio State University ^
| 8/2/10
| Jeff Grabmeier
Posted on 09/01/2010 8:11:00 AM PDT by epithermal
COLUMBUS, Ohio What would happen if you developed a strong opinion on an issue, and later found that the majority of people disagreed with you?
You might think that such a revelation would encourage you to rethink your beliefs. But a new study suggests people often react just the opposite: people grow more confident in some beliefs when they find out later that a majority of people disagree with them.
(Excerpt) Read more at researchnews.osu.edu ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: dearleader
Oh say, like illegal immigration or healthcare?
To: epithermal
I’m pretty sure those weren’t the issues the ‘new study’ had in mind.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:12:19 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: epithermal
And global warming. Don’t forget global warming. Ack, is anybody else sweating?
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:14:24 AM PDT
by
StAntKnee
(I keep thinking I'm gonna wake up from this dream theatre of the absurd.)
To: epithermal
That depends on your attitude toward your fellow man.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:18:47 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: epithermal
You might think that such a revelation would encourage you to rethink your beliefs. WHY? Is argumentum ad populum now an official mantra of the academic elite? Oh wait... it is.
To: epithermal
1) I continually rethink (or, more correctly, think about) all of my beliefs.
2) None of my beliefs are determined by their “popularity”. In other words, what I believe can be influenced by new information and my own thinking, but what I believe is NEVER put up to be voted on by “society”.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:21:07 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
To: Nervous Tick
1) I continually rethink (or, more correctly, think about) all of my beliefs. 2) None of my beliefs are determined by their popularity. In other words, what I believe can be influenced by new information and my own thinking, but what I believe is NEVER put up to be voted on by society.
As do, I believe most conservatives. Liberals on the other hand have way too much emotion invested in their beliefs. This is why they, as a whole suffer from severe cognitive dissonance. Liberalism is indeed a mental disorder.
To: epithermal
They sound just like Obama,if you don’r agree with us your to stupid to understand and cling to your gun and bible.
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posted on
09/01/2010 8:58:30 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: epithermal
No control for cultural differences between Spain and USA?
I wonder - at what point would the authors admit to a cultural difference. Must one be a hunter gatherer, or Islamofascist - in order for culture to color the reponses?
I wonder how much tax money was used to fund this “research”.
To: epithermal
I believe the voices in my head.
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posted on
09/01/2010 9:06:25 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
To: epithermal
You might think that such a revelation would encourage you to rethink your beliefs. Sure, if you form your 'strong opinions' based on nothing more than a desire to fit in with others, I guess you would.
To: epithermal
What would happen if you developed a strong opinion on an issue, and later found that the majority of people disagreed with you? You might think that such a revelation would encourage you to rethink your beliefs. I get it.
If you don't act like a sheep, you're stoopid.
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posted on
09/01/2010 9:13:41 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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posted on
09/01/2010 5:26:50 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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