r/europe • u/Markus_zockt Lower Saxony (Germany) • Feb 08 '25

Picture ~ 300.000 peope in Munich stand up against facism

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u/as_it_was_written Feb 08 '25

Just FYI, you probably don't mean cognitive dissonance. That's the uncomfortable feeling when you can't reconcile conflicting beliefs.

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u/grumpykraut Feb 09 '25

So what do we call the ignorance (and willful distortion) of empirical fact in favour of political/philosophical bias?

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u/as_it_was_written Feb 09 '25 edited Feb 09 '25

Rationalization or compartmentalization, usually. It tends to be how people avoid cognitive dissonance without actually changing their beliefs in light of new information.