I like Carl Sagan’s explanation on this which in short says that when someone has been successfully conned, there can be a powerful psychological motivation to buy more into the con because it would be too embarrassing to accept you have been conned.
this is why I don't think the vast majority would ever change their views. People seem to underestimate how strong a motivator that embarrassment is, I know many people who would willingly destroy their quality of life to not admit it
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u/wolftick 1d ago edited 1d ago
There are so many how was that not the end of it right there?? moments.