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Originally posted by BRussell: Who was is that said "consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds?" |
Emerson and he said "a foolish consistency..."
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| The funny thing about the term cognitive dissonance is that, according to the theory of cognitive dissonance, we should be motivated to reduce dissonance, and yet, as Lerk points out, we tend to live with it. |
I disagree. Rather than live with the cognitive dissonance people often change their beliefs.