one which no amount of reason seems inclined to break down
As the saying goes, "you can't reason a person out of a position that they didn't reason themselves into".
What I found seriously odd about the above poster however was the claim that they had done many years of research into the relative positions of Islam and Christianity and yet completely failed to recognise the comparison between the advocacy and justification of wars in City of God and the Islamic equivalents, dar al-Islam and dar al-harb and further to take a well-known quotation ("Kill disbelievers where ever you find them") out of a well-known context.
A reasoning person, when confronted with facts contrary to their opinion would say "Oh, OK, I was wrong, I've learned something new". I cannot fathom what a person subject to extreme confirmation bias does... Hit themselves on the head until they have selective memory loss? Start suffering internal cognitive dissonance until they go postal?
It would be a fascinating opportunity to study the workings of a rigid mind...
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Date: 2010-06-18 10:17 pm (UTC)As the saying goes, "you can't reason a person out of a position that they didn't reason themselves into".
What I found seriously odd about the above poster however was the claim that they had done many years of research into the relative positions of Islam and Christianity and yet completely failed to recognise the comparison between the advocacy and justification of wars in City of God and the Islamic equivalents, dar al-Islam and dar al-harb and further to take a well-known quotation ("Kill disbelievers where ever you find them") out of a well-known context.
A reasoning person, when confronted with facts contrary to their opinion would say "Oh, OK, I was wrong, I've learned something new". I cannot fathom what a person subject to extreme confirmation bias does... Hit themselves on the head until they have selective memory loss? Start suffering internal cognitive dissonance until they go postal?
It would be a fascinating opportunity to study the workings of a rigid mind...