Episode 1816 Scott Adams: The January 6 HOAX Has Now Been Totally Debunked. What Now?
Real Coffee with Scott Adams
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What Is Cognitive Dissonance?
If you put any normal brain in that situation, what would be the predictable outcome of that human brain? Cognitive dissonance? Not only would it be predictable, it's dam neer guaranteed. So did he make a good decision? I doubt it, because nobody could. But to imagine that skill, or our good intentions, or anything that's happenedg i your brain, would have helped you in that situation is a very unsupported assumption. We're all willing to act like mental stuff doesn't count as like a medical problem unless you're really forced into it.
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