• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I’ll do it after I eat lunch because of the feeling of hunger, not the state of having an empty stomach.

    • CheezyWeezle@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      In short, I am proposing that dissonance, that is, the existence of nonfitting relations among cognitions, is a motivating factor in it’s own right.

      Need that one more time? Here ya go

      In short, I am proposing that dissonance, that is, the existence of nonfitting relations among cognitions, is a motivating factor in it’s own right.

      Maybe if you read it ONE MORE TIME it will click for you

      In short, I am proposing that dissonance, that is, the existence of nonfitting relations among cognitions, is a motivating factor in it’s own right.

      Cognitive dissonance is the existence of nonfitting relations among cognition, not the feeling of discomfort arising from that. It is what you are suffering from right now. You have the evidence laid clearly in front of you, but you cherry pick one TINY tidbit and interpret it incorrectly so as to suit your needs. You KNOW you are wrong, and you are arguing in bad faith.