#congnitive dissonance

[doctor-prophet]

Cognitive Dissonance

In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, or is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values.

Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance focuses on how humans strive for internal consistency. When inconsistency (dissonance) is experienced, individuals tend to become psychologically uncomfortable and they are motivated to attempt to reduce this dissonance, as well as actively avoiding situations and information which are likely to increase it.

[hadou-shoryuken]

im not about to reblog it but know that jaden smith is making pretty enjoyable music and its making me uncomfortable 

[kbfoto]

All of my stressed filled thoughts, followed by their acts of depression, were completely silenced. For one moment the lights in the operation room gave me the reassuring comfort of the light at the end of the tunnel. But it’s never that simple in my life. That one moment was suddenly taken away from me. I was left with darkness, sadness, humility, hostility, oppression…hope. All the career paths I grew up wanting to walk down, turned to dark alleys and I dwell on them still. I wanted to be a scientist, I learned to cook crack. I wanted to be a business man, I sold it. I wanted to be a doctor, I prescribed every different fiend I came in contact with, with the drug that they were in pursuit of. I wanted to be a pastor, I became a pimp. I wanted to be a lawyer, I’ve been to court representing myself so many times I’m certain I’d pass the bar. I did all these things I didn’t want to do, to get to where I wanted to be. This is just a page in my story, this is cognitive dissonance.

[con-tem-plate]

Must Read: Fiscal Cliff Fictions: Let’s All Agree to Pretend the GOP Isn’t Full of It

Michael Grunwald does some straight talking about the MSM. Wish more people would speak out!:

"It’s really amazing to see political reporters dutifully passing along Republican complaints that President Obama’s opening offer in the fiscal cliff talks is just a recycled version of his old plan, when those same reporters spent the last year dutifully passing along Republican complaints that Obama had no plan. It’s even more amazing to see them pass along Republican outrage that Obama isn’t cutting Medicare enough, in the same matter-of-fact tone they used during the campaign to pass along Republican outrage that Obama was cutting Medicare.

This isn’t just cognitive dissonance. It’s irresponsible reporting. Mainstream media outlets don’t want to look partisan, so they ignore the BS hidden in plain sight, the hypocrisy and dishonesty that defines the modern Republican Party. I’m old enough to remember when Republicans insisted that anyone who said they wanted to cut Medicare was a demagogue, because I’m more than three weeks old."

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