Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds


 Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.

By Elizabeth Kolbert

February 19, 2017

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-minds 


Why Many People Stubbornly Refuse  Changtoe Their Minds

Why many people don’t let facts get in the way of their cherished beliefs.

Posted December 24, 2018 |  Reviewed by Devon Frye

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-well/201812/why-many-people-stubbornly-refuse-change-their-minds 


Dealing with People Who Won't Accept Facts

Jonathan MS Pierce / A Tippling Philosopher

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2021/09/13/on-refusing-epistemic-interaction-dealing-with-people-who-wont-accept-facts/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=369 




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