Lara Millman looks at why people are committed to false beliefs, especially those rooted in racism, misogyny, homophobia, and science skepticism.
“If we can’t understand why problematic beliefs persist despite evidence to the contrary, we are not well-equipped to further our aims of social justice.”
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This article was originally published on Impact Ethics on April 28, 2022. Content warning: the following post discusses transphobia and racism. Conservatives in the United States are increasingly attempting to control gender and sexuality through government mandates. Perhaps most infamously, Governor Greg Abbott issued a letter to Texas health authorities in February aiming to criminalize […]
Beliefs are sticky. While many of us like to think we are at liberty to alter our beliefs according to the facts, contemporary psychology and cognitive science disagree. Belief change and belief persistence are much more reliant on social factors than actual evidence. Cognitive Division of Labour Social factors have a huge influence over our […]
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