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minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoI’m wondering if this is a measurable case (in actual dollars) of the backfire effect: https://effectiviology.com/backfire-effect-facts-dont-change-minds/ In other words, these people have learned that their golden emperor-king is, in fact, a felon. This is then filtered through their extreme biases and then out pops: “I must help fund him”.
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agoSeems reasonable to me, actually, but it sort of brings a sense of doom to think we (humanity) or eve just they (magas) are that far gone.
I’m wondering if this is a measurable case (in actual dollars) of the backfire effect:
https://effectiviology.com/backfire-effect-facts-dont-change-minds/
In other words, these people have learned that their golden emperor-king is, in fact, a felon. This is then filtered through their extreme biases and then out pops: “I must help fund him”.
Seems reasonable to me, actually, but it sort of brings a sense of doom to think we (humanity) or eve just they (magas) are that far gone.