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Belief perseverance aka conceptual conservatism is maintenance of a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it. (en.wikipedia.org)

posted 140 days ago by CottonHill 140 days ago by CottonHill +11 / -0

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– CottonHill [S] 2 points 140 days ago +2 / -0

Can you think of something that made you hold your belief even more?

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– free-will-of-choice 1 point 140 days ago +1 / -0

something that made you hold your belief even more?

Odds. Believing implies holding onto odds to achieve even. That's gambling.

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