Cognitive Dissonance is when your thoughts are in dissonance with actual “reality”.
Scott Adams (yes, the Scott Adams, author of the Dilbert comics strip) has a really good video that talks about ways to spot cognitive dissonance.
Is the other guy on this forum suffering from it?
Am *I* the one suffering from cognitive dissonance?
Considering the going back and forth (“You!” “No, u!”) in threads in this forum, please take the time to watch this video to assess if *myself* is the one having a disconnect between thoughts and reality.
Interesting video.
I spent a lot of my life fixing things,
it became really obvious if your decisions were invalid.
the damn thing still doesn't work as ut is supposed to do.
As I transitioned to engineer I went to designing things
due to the nature of that work, it became obvious if you
made bad decisions not only did it not work, you were
now responsible, and held responsible professionally and
economically.
Since I spent a large portion of my life dealing with aircraft
that is life and death.
I've had it beat into my head. Just because you believe
something "don't make it so".
You challenge everything. The assumption is
ALWAYS not only is the other guy full of shit,
so are you. I had to use a variety of tools
to convince other people to accept my decisions.
And if I could not convince them, to accept, my decision,
I'm wrong, and I need to correct myself and
come up with another option.
The world doesn't give a shit about my faith, beliefs, or feelings
the only thing that matters is results.
That is it.