"How facts backfire - The Boston Globe"

Enlace:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?page=full
Notas: La verdad está ahí fuera... pero nuestro cerebro no está preparado
para ello.

«Facts don't necessarily have the power to change our minds. In fact, quite
the opposite.
"The general idea is that it's absolutely threatening to admit you're
wrong,"

In other words, it's never been easier for people to be wrong, and at the
same time feel more certain that they're right.

How can we have things so wrong, and be so sure that we're right? Part of
the answer lies in the way our brains are wired. ... If we believe
something about the world, we are more likely to passively accept as truth
any information that confirms our beliefs, and actively dismiss information
that doesn't.

... a way to counter this problem ... one study in which he showed that
people who were given a self-affirmation exercise were more likely to
consider new information than people who had not. In other words, if you
feel good about yourself, you'll listen — and if you feel insecure or
threatened, you won't.»