Thursday, October 17, 2013

Republican Backfire

Krugman on "The Backfire Effect":
I’m coming to this a bit late, but I see that there’s now extensive evidence that facts not only don’t win arguments, they make people on the wrong side dig in even deeper: “When your deepest convictions are challenged by contradictory evidence, your beliefs get stronger.”

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No effing kidding!

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