Cognitive Dissidents: 005: The Backfire Effect
Oct 20, 2017•13 min
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Episode description
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast we talk about the backfire effect. The backfire effect is a cognitive bias that causes people who encounter evidence that challenges their beliefs to reject that evidence, and to strengthen their support of their original stance. Essentially, the backfire effect means that showing people evidence which proves that they… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 005: The Backfire Effect
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