Craft Chat Favourite Cognitive Dissonances

[Aethalope]

Based on recent discussions on cognitive dissonance, I went looking at things I liked that could possibly be considered cognitively dissonant.

To begin with, may I present this video

It has
-> ice skaters
-> skating to a 60s folk rock song
-> performed by a heavy metal band

(It helps that everyone involved is extraordinarily talented, including the Youtuber who gave the video this arthouse look.)

Has anyone got any other examples they like?

 

[MattScho]

Back when I used to cover crime, I'd speak to a lot of inmates, so, to me, the most interesting incidence of it is that convicts don't merely say they aren't guilty, they believe it. they have adapted their memories to indicate that they are wrongly imprisoned. The psychologists I talked to about this insisted congintive dissonance in this case was a survival technique, that the human mind could not accept that it would have taken part in actions resulting in such a horrible setting, so the mind erases the truth and replaces it with a version of events that makes the convict appear and feel to be a victim of injustice.

 

[Pamela Jo]

Back when I used to cover crime, I'd speak to a lot of inmates, so, to me, the most interesting incidence of it is that convicts don't merely say they aren't guilty, they believe it. they have adapted their memories to indicate that they are wrongly imprisoned. The psychologists I talked to about this insisted congintive dissonance in this case was a survival technique, that the human mind could not accept that it would have taken part in actions resulting in such a horrible setting, so the mind erases the truth and replaces it with a version of events that makes the convict appear and feel to be a victim of injustice.

I would say that also applies to toddlers, remembering my sticky eldest covered in meringue insisting he had no idea what happened to the lemon pie I had baked for the landlord so he would give us our deposit back after crayon scribbles that mysteriously appeared on a wall.

 

[Pamela Jo]

HOLY Gods of all things unearthily beautiful. That is a HELL of an art house. Seeing 1000 times or more early morning practices in foggy dawns so that they can do that without screaming in pain. God bless im.



Americans love Mexican food.

 

[A.Morgan]

Hi Matt
Interesting observation in reference to inmates. Cognitive dissonance is social concern that affects members of many societies. There is a close correlation with cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias and social identity. Individuals aspire to be apart of a specific social or political group and will only acknowledge information that supports their narrative or beliefs. The behavioral trait of believing in one's lie is reinforced when it is constantly repeated. Then the transition occurs when a falsely created memory results in the individual actually believing the false narrative that he or she created.

 

[JoanUP]

I'm always amazed at the widespread belief of the "need for protein" when every single food-form already has protein and considering the fact protein is broken down in your stomach, so it never enters your bloodstream.
Eating protein to develop muscle is like people eating brain to be smarter, or eating eyeballs to see better.
Even if they acknowledge that proteins get broken down to amino acids, next they'll argue that humans don't have the gene to manufacture "essential" amino acids, and completely disregard that our gut is full of the bacteria that DO manufacture those.