"People are conformists: Ideological loyalties arise within our close personal networks where ideas are communicated and reinforced by the people around us. People acquire their scientific knowledge by consulting others who share their values and whom they therefore trust and understand. And, as Dan Kahan suggests, when an environment fills up with toxic partisan meanings – ones that announce that ‘If you are one of us, believe this; otherwise, we’ll know you are one of them.’ - humans will think that their lives will go much better if they just conform with the group. " In fact majority of people always will be reluctant to sudden changes in their thinking. Therefor will tend to reject ideas that are in contradiction with their previous believes. Even when the person is a member of their family or a friend with certain and proven scientific background or good knowledge in certain field, and can be trust. Simply because is not reason, logic or knowledge powerful enough to overcame just by the power or rational arguments what people believe.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:32:37 +0000
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