Cognitive Dissonance: Your Response to Conflicting Beliefs

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  • @Whizzer
    @Whizzer 2 роки тому +368

    Don't talk at them, ask them questions to lead them to the source. It's hard to be mad at the one asking questions when you come to the conclusions yourself.

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  2 роки тому +33

      Good point

    • @drjp4212
      @drjp4212 2 роки тому +36

      Socratic approach.

    • @croissantlover1
      @croissantlover1 2 роки тому +55

      I've done this with someone close, and usually, it leads to them getting angry, which i guess is a self-defense triggering in them.

    • @TheForgotme
      @TheForgotme 2 роки тому

      This doesnt work. Especially with politics. Theyll just source media with their bias.

    • @stopscrolling8986
      @stopscrolling8986 2 роки тому +25

      This is called "induced hypocrisy" in psychology, a specific paradigm based on cognitive dissonance that leads to behavioural change instead of attitude change

  • @kiyopon3585
    @kiyopon3585 2 роки тому +133

    Because of this video I will able to not engage in arguments with idiots on internet.
    I finally understand how it works, it saved lot of time and energy.

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  2 роки тому +6

      Yes

    • @maxiegrobner9018
      @maxiegrobner9018 2 роки тому +1

      How do you know you’re not the idiot?

    • @kiyopon3585
      @kiyopon3585 2 роки тому +4

      @@maxiegrobner9018 I might be. But I am pretty sure earth is not flat

    • @TheForgotme
      @TheForgotme 2 роки тому +2

      Part of the reason I do it, is also for whoever might be reading it.

    • @cptcurk192
      @cptcurk192 Рік тому

      I invented the internet! Whew! Glad I got that off my chest.

  • @naj3x
    @naj3x 2 роки тому +195

    I find the experiment of payments the more intuitive to explain this phenomenon. There was two kind of participants doing VERY boring tasks. One was paid 5 buck while the others 100. Which ones rated the task more fun? The ones that were paid less. The idea is that doing such boring task for little reward resulted in a cognitive dissonance which was resolved if you think the task is kinda fun. However the ones that were paid more rated the task very boring since they were justified because they "were paid to do it". (all this is from memory you are welcome to search the original paper, I may be wrong in details)

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  2 роки тому +15

      Thanks 🙏

    • @TheForgotme
      @TheForgotme 2 роки тому +11

      Intereesting. So, I didnt actually think that being a dance teacher & a dj was more fun than working in a call center?

    • @inevitablemma1435
      @inevitablemma1435 Рік тому +3

      That doesn't make sense to me. But that is one way a person gets cognitive dissonance

    • @emilepapillon2275
      @emilepapillon2275 Рік тому +11

      @@TheForgotme No. One fundamental part that you missed is that the participants were ALL given the same very boring tasks.

    • @marleaumarleau
      @marleaumarleau Рік тому +8

      @@inevitablemma1435 basically, we 'double-down' on justifying something as okay (not boring or absurd) to appease our feeling of tension or discomfort at having allowed ourselves to do something demeaning or beneath our capabilities. "I must have enjoyed it or some component of it if I'd do it for so little money".

  • @charliepeterson1745
    @charliepeterson1745 2 роки тому +135

    I was raised in a Pentecostal Cult. From birth, me and my siblings prayed for half an hour every morning before breakfast. I even prayed willingly for an hour or more a day as I grew older. We fasted yearly from 8 years old. We went to church at least twice a week, and attended regular church activities. I spent my whole life strongly believing in God, and our Christian faith. We had no birthday parties, I was kept up hours past bed time every week for church. I was told not to believe in evolution, that the world was only 6,000 years old and that man kind was created in Gods image. That the world was filled with evil people, and that I should walk in God by not smoking or drinking, reading the bible, praying daily and fellowshipping weekly. I was also told to marry someone in the church so they don’t lead me astray. I was also told that if I prayed miracles would happen. People often shared the same "miracle" stories and continued year after year praying for healings that would never come.
    Yet as I became older, I noticed the world my parents and everyone in the church had described my whole life, wasn’t the world I observed. This was my experience of "cognitive dissonance". I remember walking outside for hours every day thinking about evolution, and trying to understand all the contradictions in the Christian explanations I had been given. I started noticing how ridiculous the beliefs where of these people, and how they didn’t even line up with each other. I asked the question "if the bible is true, why can’t Christian’s agree on what it says?” They all claim to get their answers from God, why isn’t he telling them all the same story? My Dad’s answer was simple "I know I am following God, and God says this. So if anyone disagrees then they’re walking in the flesh." He believes the way is strait and narrow, and only a few are chosen. At 25 I finally left the church and it was a breath of fresh air. Oddly enough, nothing bad happened to me (yet) like they warned. I lost my closest friends and my family no longer speak with me despite my best efforts. They think I’m going to turn out "nasty", but unfortunately for them, they’re still waiting for that day. People have been waiting for 2,000 years for Jesus Christ to return. And my family strongly believes it will be happening in their lifetime. I guess we’ll find out 🤷‍♂️

    • @lenyalcantara8346
      @lenyalcantara8346 2 роки тому +10

      Charlie same thing is happening with me now just trying to make sense of this whole religion thing. I was Pentecostal but my family left the church for personal reasons. Although we still practiced the same belief. Some days I feel as I'm an agnostic and other day I can see myself heading back to those limiting belief of being part of the Pentecostal church and just as this video had said I'm just trying to be consistent in the things I belief and make sense. Any advice

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  2 роки тому +8

      Thanks for sharing this with us 🙏🏻

    • @charliepeterson1745
      @charliepeterson1745 2 роки тому +23

      @@lenyalcantara8346 I’ll tell you what worked for me. Learning the history of the bible and religion really helped shape my view. I studied scripture a lot as a house leader, but decided that basing my beliefs off Iron Age texts over modern science wasn’t a good idea. I told my sister that if there was any tangible evidence for God, there wouldn’t be any room for faith. She replied and told me “there may not be good evidence for God, but if we see his works around us isn’t that enough?” I replied, “just because we see lightning in the sky, does that make it the work of Zeus?”
      There are many great UA-cam channels like Sam Harris and Genetically Modified Skeptic. Watching their videos along with debates of Christian vs atheist helped me view the evidence around me without so much bias. It also helps to avoid coming to a conclusion unless there is overwhelming factual evidence to support the claim. Unfortunately Christian’s invent answers when there is no reliable answer. And they believe in something because it makes them feel comfortable, not because it’s backed by logic and factual evidence.
      I don’t judge Christian’s or anyone for their beliefs. But over the years I’ve seen the consequences for believing in “God” and it’s not pretty. Always be skeptical, particularly of your own beliefs and conceptions. And don’t just adopt the beliefs of your family and the people around you. Let me know how it all goes 🤓

    • @jonakuka6578
      @jonakuka6578 2 роки тому +14

      God does not reside in the religious institutions. Religious institutions do not want to lose their status quo. All of them, including the ones representing my religion, Islam. But the Islam of the priests is not the Islam of the Book. Seeking the guidance of God is a lifelong journey.

    • @Onbeperk
      @Onbeperk 2 роки тому +7

      Don’t overcomplicate it, forget everything any being ever taught you about religion. There are two options, either you believe in a time, matter and chance theory or that someone be it God, created you and everything around you. If you were created, the only true reason after you examine all possible reasons is ultimately because God is love and he created you exactly as you are now. Exactly as you are, not perfect, questioning everything, doing terrible things that deserves only death. He loves you exactly as you are and all he wants is for you to love Him back(not that the opposite will make Him love you any less). Don’t ask anyone else, ask God, become sensitive enough to feel His voice speaking inside you and examine if that is who you will listen to.
      If it is inline with the bible you know it is from God, what bible/torra/book you may ask? The one that speaks to the reason you were created, love. God is a ultimate God, He absolutely loves you and He absolutely hates sin, big or small, to Him there is only one punishment for any sin, death. Who died for your sin so you can have eternal life? Not talking about heaven and hell, to be with God is heaven and to not know Him is hell.

  • @rosettesionne9139
    @rosettesionne9139 2 роки тому +77

    I am living my most intense cognitive dissonance I could never imagine. I faced an issue with one of my professors who openly humiliated me because I couldn't do what he wanted he said I had mental problems because of it and destroyed my reputation another one insulted me and attacked my sanity because I got angry and confronted him about his behavior but when I complained every body minimized what they did by saying they were in a bad mood and putting the fault in me that I surely did something harmful for them to treat me that way... Okay I said to myself as long as I didn't anger them they will treat me with respect (I knew nothing about codependency at this time) but one thing I noticed is that when people makes me angry and that I reacted I was blamed with my anger and heard words like respect your elders or honor your parents even if their own behaviors were extremely disrespectful but when I did something that angered them I was severely humiliated and they used my behavior as an excuse to justify their reaction... So at the end is it normal to get angry when annoyed or is it abnormal my brain is stuck

    • @inevitablemma1435
      @inevitablemma1435 Рік тому +14

      I think your expectations of yourself and others is too high. And you weren't being understood
      I would feel the same. You remind me of my daughter. These are the things she usually gets upset about when having a bad day at school

    • @jamesjabagat2
      @jamesjabagat2 Рік тому +2

      I recommend you to share these to people that has connections with your anger, connect them by a sincere apology.
      Its something to address your lack of knowledge about anger. Stating that you may act more than you think when you are angry, but you are still eager to learn about how to handle such situations.
      This will surely give better results than being silent, because I can guarantee it will give you a life lesson. Goodluck with it!

    • @GhostavoTrillz
      @GhostavoTrillz Рік тому +4

      Wow this is pure.
      Pure example of cognitive dissonance
      You should make a video and post here

    • @susanwagner1312
      @susanwagner1312 2 місяці тому +2

      @@jamesjabagat2wait she a former or current codependent needs to ‘sincerely apologize’ for getting angry at supposed professional people who humiliate her? Nope connect to your feelings first. You’re feelings are important and matter. Codependents need to connect to and feel all of their feelings. Whether you ‘choose’ to say anything is a different story. I don’t know how old you are or the extent of your anger. Try ACOA and good luck!

    • @martieseudo3432
      @martieseudo3432 Місяць тому

      It is normal to get angry, but we should be slow to anger… and we should also learn to not allow people to have control over our emotions. Coolio said this one day and it stuck to me... If you know something to be true how long will you argue it? Think about that and just know as long as you are self aware and you understand what you feel and know.. There's no need to debate with someone who does not agree. Plus has the world is sleep and do not even live in the now

  • @redkent6388
    @redkent6388 2 роки тому +40

    I started really learning about cognitive dissonance a few months ago and was able to see how it appears in everyone's lives around and within myself. I compare it with studying film in school, after a while you watch movies differently, watching the camera angles and their meaning, the pacing and the backgrounds etc. I feel like I've become that way with cognitive dissonance now. When it appears it has become easier to deal with because of the practice applied to small and seemingly inadequate things such as cleaning, dishes, laundry, food, exercise, learning (learning has by far been one of the biggest, learning the foundations of everything around - like soil - strengthens your foundation in logic).
    Once you are able to start dealing with the dissonance appropriately, through wholesome actions, then it doesn't create any negative justifications. You become less hypocritical, hateful and jealous. I've lived in Thailand for 8 years and as with most foreigners that come, I've never learned Thai (until recently). I realised that in the early days, every foreigner I met would say the same - it's too difficult, I have enough to get around. But logically of course learning Thai has every benefit possible, but the justification of difficulty is very easy to choose not to do something. And hearing it from other people who were here longer than me made it easy to give the justification credence. I broke down the illogical justification and started learning progressively and my Thai has improved tenfold in a short time, it also inspired me to diversify learning to more things as language teaches a lot about the power of learning - going from looking at symbols (thai script) and over months watching it become sounds in my own mind.
    Being able to choose the right path to cognitive consonance is the first step in being able to undo past & continuous negative justifications that have formed unwholesome habits, thoughts, attitudes and beliefs.

  • @logicaldennis1245
    @logicaldennis1245 2 роки тому +18

    This is also used in business, Have you ever been shopping and picked up an item, but couldn’t make up your mind? Should I or shouldn’t I buy it? To reduce your cognitive dissonance, the store allows for returns, meaning you are more likely not to fret over buying the item.

  • @michaelt.wardlespider2496
    @michaelt.wardlespider2496 2 роки тому +45

    It seems that cognitive dissonance is at the root of a large portion of the political turmoil which threatens to tear the world asunder. Perhaps I am mistaken...

  • @KingsguardRP
    @KingsguardRP 2 роки тому +42

    You cant change a mind not based in reality. If a person doesnt acknowledge facts, logic or reason, you cannot persuade them.

    • @yungsuh2
      @yungsuh2 2 роки тому +3

      The first atom model was electrons embedded in a positively charged nucleus, the next one was a central nucleus with electrons orbiting it, similar to the solar system, recently it became a central nucleus with electrons just "hanging" around not really in orbit around the nucleus. My point is reality itself keeps changing, its whatever someone else told you it is.

    • @badrah
      @badrah 2 роки тому +1

      @mav
      Do you mean to agree with the observation and research findings presented in the video?
      Or
      Do you mean we should give up trying to persuade the person you described?
      In both cases, let's try not to be the person we are describing. Let's try not to ignore the facts, logic, and reason presented in the remaining parts of the video (why a person might be so). Shouldn't we then (as reasonable people) stop persuading them till we address the proposed reasons behind their challenge?
      Why are we trying to change someone's mind? What do we hope to achieve?
      I'm genuinely curious. Why might you yourself want/care to change a mind?

    • @badrah
      @badrah 2 роки тому +6

      @@yungsuh2
      > "reality keeps changing"
      Can't agree more.
      Even though I'd personally put it slightly different:
      "our understanding and perception of reality keeps changing".
      > "It's whatever someone tells you"
      That I'd strongly challenge.
      When we genuinely care about reality, we care to learn, including listening to what's being told around. However, we don't stop there (I hope) and we look into their evidence, rational, sources, and then make our own decision whether we accept "what they tell" or not.

    • @UncleKennysPlace
      @UncleKennysPlace 2 роки тому

      Which, to some degree, is every human that has ever lived.

    • @ericoloreto4638
      @ericoloreto4638 2 роки тому +3

      4:41 Actually, the only way to change the mind of convinced person is through emotion.
      Our minds are not like scientists, who research and come to conclusions. Our mind are like lawyers, who just look for explanations for what we already believe. And our beliefs are often constructed through emotions, mainly some fear.

  • @whatablissfullife
    @whatablissfullife 2 роки тому +17

    “A life unexamined is not a life worth living”

    • @martinshreder
      @martinshreder 2 місяці тому

      Said by Socrates, when he chose death as punishment for corruption of youth.
      He was “corrupting” said youth by teaching it how to think independently and challenge ideas, not based on authority, but based on the soundness of said ideas.

  • @michaelmccarthy4892
    @michaelmccarthy4892 Рік тому +3

    The way I cope is by telling myself that people are complicated and it doesn't mean certain beliefs conflict, you just have to tip toe around those complications because nobody is perfect.

  • @skybluskyblueify
    @skybluskyblueify 2 роки тому +25

    I think if the people are family or close friends of the person experiencing long-term cognitive dissonance despite the proof you show them if you can tolerate their behavior you can hang around and be ready to support them when they do have doubts. I think asking minor somewhat innocent questions that pertain to slightly related phenomena you can plant doubts in their minds over time. You have to be sneaky as to not get them to be defensive yet still plant doubts in their thinking.

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  2 роки тому +4

      Insightful!

    • @noonebutme
      @noonebutme Рік тому +1

      This is really manipulative tho and some people who would do this with the same reasoning are actually the ones experiencing cognitive dissonance, not the person they’re trying to “save”

    • @beaulieuc8910
      @beaulieuc8910 2 місяці тому

      interesting

  • @SkyGuardianHelmet
    @SkyGuardianHelmet 9 місяців тому +2

    It's not only ideas but even our memories. It's kinda horrifying that sometimes we even alter our memories to keep the image(or "conviction") we have of ourselves intact... and that even knowing that this exists we do it again and again.
    And yea it's not only some people who experience it, many or even everyone

  • @wuthurer
    @wuthurer Рік тому +1

    That shot of Randy looking at Rollins after the war games match is perfection

  • @ayyymacaroni
    @ayyymacaroni 2 роки тому +9

    I've felt so much dissonance in my life that I resorted to compulsive rituals and habits to keep myself sane. I still have to stop myself from tapping flagpoles, jumping over sidewalk cracks 3 times, or slapping a door every time I open or close it.

    • @analeticiasantiagodonascim469
      @analeticiasantiagodonascim469 2 роки тому +1

      Hey, I hope you're doing okay. So, these compulsive habits you have sound a lot like OCD, I know because I have OCD too. Let me tell you, you NEED to see a psychiatrist. OCD doesn't get better with time, in fact the longer it takes for you to seek help the WORSE it gets. You absolutely need both therapy AND meds, that's the only way to recover from this cruel, torturing disorder. I wish you good luck!

    • @ayyymacaroni
      @ayyymacaroni 2 роки тому +3

      @@analeticiasantiagodonascim469 I already got tested for OCD and determined that it was not a disorder. I do have obsessive-compulsive tendencies, but my brain's so weird that I was able to just be like "i don't got time for this" and I've been good for about a month now.

    • @analeticiasantiagodonascim469
      @analeticiasantiagodonascim469 2 роки тому +4

      @@ayyymacaroni I would get a second opinion if I were you. You said you have to do those rituals to keep yourself sane, that sounds a lot like OCD. And if it is, you won't feel better for much longer without meds, but I truly hope you'll be okay.

    • @marleaumarleau
      @marleaumarleau Рік тому +1

      @@ayyymacaroni This is so interesting! That your coping was OCD adjacent. I understand the difference between tendencies vs disorder. It sounds like you feel pretty fortunate to be the former, to be able to cognitively recognize and manage.

  • @Shaiyene
    @Shaiyene 7 місяців тому +2

    People cling to their beliefs in order to avoid being challenged by anything that conflicts with their current ethics and morality. An example would be using your religious beliefs to excuse your discomfort with anyone who is different from you and justify the feeling that you never need to challenge your biases.

  • @danieljohndombek
    @danieljohndombek 7 місяців тому +3

    When an honest man discovers he is mistaken, he will either cease to be mistaken or cease to be honest.
    -- Anonymous

  • @dimitrispapadopoulos71
    @dimitrispapadopoulos71 9 місяців тому

    the same problem had also Gustave Le Bon, because in one book in the end wrote "I thought that the most difficult efford was to learn people new things, now I change my mind and I think that the most difficult efford is to delete the things that somebody learn wrong and learn the right ones".

  • @gamezswinger
    @gamezswinger 7 місяців тому +1

    Experience can do the trick, but only if the person is willing to step back and understand it. Sadly, most people don't have time to step back and reflect.

  • @Nemura12
    @Nemura12 2 роки тому +8

    Holding two ideas that contradict and holding those without any cognitive issonance is call holograric thinking. Sadly these days people in general can't do it and the dissonance becomes prevelant. Is this the new norm?....

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  2 роки тому

      Insightful 🙏🏻

  • @danthiel8623
    @danthiel8623 2 роки тому +2

    Unbelief is like that as well, minds be darkened.

  • @TheEdBoys-j7m
    @TheEdBoys-j7m 8 місяців тому

    It's always nice to hear this channel give such amazing content. 😊

  • @jessltf3222
    @jessltf3222 2 роки тому +6

    I have been aware of myself tweaking varying ideas and beliefs until they fit neatly into one philosophy but I never knew that was “a thing” your brain had a need to do. o_o

  • @Sombody123
    @Sombody123 11 місяців тому

    "MMA fighter meets a chi/aura master" is such a nice culmination of this phenomenon.

  • @Robholyoake3778
    @Robholyoake3778 3 місяці тому +2

    2020 was prime example💯💯

  • @sor3999
    @sor3999 5 місяців тому

    For me if there is a conflict of facts, I learn not to be married to what I know before and seek to resolve the conflict by verifying which is actually true. Figuring out what is true is the hard part as most people can only work on trust. An education in science can help keep things objective.

  • @Loganl1980
    @Loganl1980 7 місяців тому

    Find the keystone. There is always an an analogy, some situation where either one of them will be annihilated or a nuance will be understood.

  • @majdavojnikovic
    @majdavojnikovic 2 роки тому +5

    it was strange during covid how my reality was so different than the reality of some people that i would meet. my fears and beliefs and their fears and beliefs were so different. nobody could change nobody's mind :)
    and i like the example with meat, as i experienced that one. now i eat meat not more than once a week while waiting for lab meat to save my soul.

    • @sweatyeti
      @sweatyeti Рік тому +2

      I appreciate the video mentioned the omnivore's dilemma. For all the good-natured, well-intentioned and compassionate people in the world, consuming animal products is still a very normal and socially acceptable thing to do, and an instance of cognitive dissonance for many people -- likely for the majority of people who watch the video. Best wishes on your journey towards living a dissonance-free life! =)

  • @TimKerman
    @TimKerman 8 місяців тому +1

    John 8:32: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

  • @Life_42
    @Life_42 2 роки тому +1

    This is great information on how to control people that go to church. Great tactics I see used at churches. 4:19

  • @kithenry
    @kithenry 11 місяців тому +2

    Who defines which story is a conspiracy theory and which isn't?

  • @richardlynch5632
    @richardlynch5632 2 роки тому +22

    Education is key for rational thinking.

    • @armin4984
      @armin4984 2 роки тому +5

      Sadly many of the so well educated went down the path of cognitive dissonance and haven't returned yet. Check doctors in US.

    • @richardlynch5632
      @richardlynch5632 2 роки тому +3

      @@armin4984
      Perhaps a more rounded education can help with making choices that would help with realization of a foreseeable future rather than just a vocation/profession future?

    • @ceep3a251
      @ceep3a251 2 роки тому +5

      As long as you have a memory, you can be educated. Intellect and intelligence are not synonymous. What we need is more logic and reasoning skills in schools instead of agendas; teach people HOW to think, instead of what to think.

    • @richardlynch5632
      @richardlynch5632 2 роки тому +2

      @@ceep3a251
      😁👍😎

    • @susanwagner1312
      @susanwagner1312 2 місяці тому +1

      @@armin4984agreed but money was also given to some and licenses were taken away from others

  • @olanwebb2805
    @olanwebb2805 2 роки тому +1

    I've seen the movie called "Paul" where he downloaded all this knowledge and experience into a person, if only that was possible.

  • @ziggylaurie2268
    @ziggylaurie2268 2 місяці тому +1

    Some are more prone to cognitive dissonance…

  • @mitsunori222000
    @mitsunori222000 Рік тому

    Just what I was looking for: clear and well presented.

  • @stanlundahl901
    @stanlundahl901 Рік тому +1

    "Discovering the Future" The Business of Paradigms by Joel Arthur Baker is excellent on the topic.
    Thanks for this video‼️

  • @david33mtrb
    @david33mtrb Рік тому +2

    I wonder how many people watch this video, and upon seeing the example of individuals who did not leave the cult, then think to themselves, “Oh, those poor people, they have no idea how they are being manipulated?” And yet the same viewers have experienced cognitive dissidence with their personal religious beliefs, and yet made the same choice. 🤔🙂🤪 lol

    • @Njordin2010
      @Njordin2010 9 місяців тому

      or mainstream wokeism/liberalism (american definition) which lives from cognitive dissonance

  • @thelastninja4825
    @thelastninja4825 2 роки тому +4

    you just described how gen-z mind works

  • @Boingfish1
    @Boingfish1 10 місяців тому +2

    XX and XY is reversible simply by a feeling, right?

  • @jackmorgan8931
    @jackmorgan8931 2 роки тому +1

    “Luke, you’re going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.”
    Sir Alec Guinness as Obi Wan Kenobi, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, released in 1983.
    So here I am, just me, a nobody. I get up, go outside, look up and around and, well, from MY point of view, yep, the earth does indeed look flat. I look up and think the sky is blue. No, not really "blue" at all but rather the appearance of "blue" because it's all about light waves bouncing off atoms...yeah, all that scientific stuff.
    Oh, but that's when *I* am told that I must yield, must accept the conclusions, the "truths" of those who are...oh yes, more educated than me.
    And so here I am, in 2022, living in a world that has been worshipping at the feet of those armed with all that "formal education", yes, those who I am to accept, those who "prove wrong" anything/everything that I, poor li'l ol me, have thought was true or, maybe at best, might have been the truth.
    And it is "those people," those armed with all that formal education and knowledge to which I have never been privy, who are so eagerly accepted as being the Ruling Class. Yes, I am so simply obey. And I watch all the rape, pillaging, and plundering, yes, "man's inhumanity to man" just keep playing out, year after year. Nothing changes, does it?
    Damn. Sounds exactly like those old days, you know, "back when" the "church" was the Ruling Authority. Don't question. Don't challenge. Simply believe...and obey.
    But "cognitive dissonance" does have a nicer ring than "faith," doesn't it?
    So the moral of the tale is simple: Do NOT think for yourself. Do NOT reach any conclusions for yourself. Instead, believe only and do only what those with all that formal education teach and preach. Be a docile, obedient serf and peasant. You just work, pay your taxes, and believe whatever WE tell you.
    Got it.

  • @GrimJerr
    @GrimJerr 2 роки тому +6

    You have to lead the horse to water and persuade him that it is his idea to drink !

    • @seegxyber4803
      @seegxyber4803 2 роки тому

      🤣👌 ✅♋♏♓=▶✨🎁‼

  • @GA-lf2uh
    @GA-lf2uh Рік тому +1

    Talk about cognitive dissonance. The creators of this video can't imagine any meat eater either not caring how their meal came about or already knowing but being happy to continue eating meat. You'll notice they assume anyone knowing about animals and meat would have to eat less meat or enter denial - the mere thought someone could continue eating meat or even increase their meat consumption is anathema to the video creators and thus to mitigate their cognitive dissonance, the creators have to eliminate the troublesome possibilities.

    • @susanwagner1312
      @susanwagner1312 2 місяці тому +1

      Take into account, humans are meat eaters, part of it is ingrained in us. It has a lot of protein and is healthier than all those carbs. You can love animals but still eat meat for many positive reasons. We’ve become very domesticated in that sense so some think ‘this is so sad’ etc.

  • @chasecarter8848
    @chasecarter8848 Рік тому +3

    What if I'm just comfortable with where meat comes from, like most well adjusted adults? Youre 45 seconds in and either projecting or preaching, and either way I can really trust you now, can I?

    • @sor3999
      @sor3999 5 місяців тому

      The episode was definitely written by a vegan who couldn't fathom the possibility that people do know, but don't care. How my food is prepared and eating it aren't even the same topic.

  • @geoffchurchill5492
    @geoffchurchill5492 2 місяці тому

    I'm struggling with a boss dealing with cognitive dissonance and I have to remind myself its him not me repeatedly

  • @andonedave
    @andonedave Рік тому +3

    Is it cognitive dissonance if a person doesn’t feel discomfort holding inconsistent/ contradictory views?

    • @MCandMosRandomChannel
      @MCandMosRandomChannel Рік тому

      I believe that is hologrartic thinking, but going to validate this :)!

  • @sor3999
    @sor3999 5 місяців тому

    4:07 I have observed, too, that the more entrench someone is in an idea the less likely they will be open to conflicting ideas. Religious people who dedicated their whole lives to it (priests, etc). Anyone heavily involved in politics, as in actually canvasing or volunteering, etc, not just armchair involved. I can sort of understand, it must be devastating to learn that you wasted a good chunk of your life on something that wasn't even true or right, especially if you've done some horrible things in the name of it.

  • @RadioSapiens
    @RadioSapiens 2 роки тому +1

    many thanks!

  • @brentwebber3412
    @brentwebber3412 Місяць тому

    Excellent explanation.

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  Місяць тому

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @setaside77
    @setaside77 Рік тому +1

    " I believe abortion is wrong, but I don't want to take the 'right' to it away from other women." ( here lies the problem. The issue is framed as a women's rights issue; and the rights of the other person (the baby)are overlooked on behalf of the consistency of beliefs that it is a women's rights issue)
    Well why do you believe it's wrong?
    Do you believe it's another person inside?
    If it is not, then there is no reason to not believe in abortion; if it is another person, then there is very close to no reason to ever have an abortion (to kill the other person inside)
    Do you believe it is another person or not?
    "Yes"
    Then why should one person have the 'right' to kill another; especially unjustly? ( no body justifies killing their born children for the sake of, going to school, a good/better job, more money, over population, ect..)
    "Idk, I just don't want to take rights away from other women"
    THAT IS COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

  • @lexsmith7821
    @lexsmith7821 2 роки тому

    The only way to help others with change, is MORE LOVE.

  • @skellingtonmeteoryballoon
    @skellingtonmeteoryballoon Рік тому

    This is probably not helpful , but I’ll share just in case, the most intense case of cognitive dissonance I did experienced at the point where I was confronted with truths that helped me realize and distinguish self deception. Basically, it threw me for a loop to realize the amount of blind faith I had in believing certain lies that I was unable to convince anyone else that was true , nor justify with tangible/scientific evidence. Due to self fulfilling prophecy theory , I did noticed that after making the decision to practice faith with testing and evidence, stop suicide and believing my own lies bondage routine, that’s pretty much about the time I noticed each individual from immediate social circle started trying to elicit affirmation from me in acceptance of some lie narratives they created and even escalated that they continued over time with increased levels of aggression. I can’t recall the timing but at some point after this become a phenomenon to me like, “ not you too !” Mindset attitude and triggered suicidal/perishing feeling I got when I was doing that to myself. This of course did cause yet another cognitive dissonance reaction from feeling abused by what was and or seemed like safe and loving social circle environment prior to previous bout of cognitive dissonance.
    Just sharing the experience and not intended to be an advice or sold or used for anyone’s marketing testimonial. Thanks kindly

    • @MCandMosRandomChannel
      @MCandMosRandomChannel Рік тому

      all sharing is ok. We are here for that. I hoipe you have manged to fix this now

  • @BethMariex
    @BethMariex Місяць тому +1

    You prove your own point. I had to stop the video at 1:05. You believe what you are told while people have more than once changed the narrative. You yourself suffer from cognitive dissonance. The cure is to not take a side on anything and wait it out.

    • @lightbeforethetunnel
      @lightbeforethetunnel Місяць тому

      I had the exact same reaction and your comment is the first comment that I saw when I paused it at 1:00 to write a similar comment. What he said there is almost unbelievably irrational

  • @rictr7421
    @rictr7421 Рік тому +1

    I eat meat, i know where it comes from, I still enjoy it. Never denied it or started eating less.

    • @kevinhansen9258
      @kevinhansen9258 Рік тому +1

      This video is referring specifically to people who might feel guilty about it and have to deal with it in various ways. If you are acceptant of animal cruelty then it doesn't apply.

  • @13thravenpurple94
    @13thravenpurple94 Рік тому

    Great work Thank you

  • @YUSUFFAWWAZBINFADHLULLAHMoe
    @YUSUFFAWWAZBINFADHLULLAHMoe 5 місяців тому

    “The moment your brain holds two contradicting ideas, you experience distress.”
    Could use that to write a novel, the reader getting more and more confused and distressed because of the same situation being described contradictively >:)

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  5 місяців тому

      If they keep reading.. ;)

  • @toxxicworld
    @toxxicworld Рік тому

    cognitive dissonance mixed with anxiety attachments is crippling

  • @sophiachin1262
    @sophiachin1262 Рік тому +2

    Loving and hating the narcissist at the same time because of their abuse and ill treatment. Or leaving someone because they are no good and then forgetting that and starting to love them again after they been gone for awhile which is actually neglect and abandonment and literal proof of just how much they do not love you. It's a fuckery called double mindedness... yes it is distressful and disturbing best let go and try life all over again if someone causes you that much problems or trauma. Reject instability and disappointment. Go for true love and genuine proven dependability and trustworthiness from a compatible partner.

    • @ALGARIC
      @ALGARIC 10 місяців тому

      Story of my life

  • @jer103
    @jer103 2 роки тому +3

    Why can't you just accept 2 different ideas? I do this all the time.

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  2 роки тому

      Dito

    • @ceep3a251
      @ceep3a251 2 роки тому +2

      Logical fallacies. Either something is true or false; 2 conflicting ideas cannot both be simultaneously true.
      Unless you mean you are apathetic to 2 different ideas. 🧐

  • @allisonlewis7522
    @allisonlewis7522 Місяць тому

    This is why a group of people refuse to believe what happened on January 6 2021

  • @kennethwilliams8696
    @kennethwilliams8696 Рік тому +1

    Interesting presentation. I wonder if you can do a part II with specific conditions like gender dysphoria or radical feminism?

  • @VIDEOSASDE
    @VIDEOSASDE Рік тому +1

    Immovable stupidity is everlasting and unyielding ...

  • @TimKerman
    @TimKerman 8 місяців тому +1

    Regarding the end of the world. The bible says in: Matthew 24:36: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

  • @N0Xa880iUL
    @N0Xa880iUL 2 роки тому +6

    Cognitive dissonance is just insufficient processing power as well as memory, but in humans.

  • @emilepapillon2275
    @emilepapillon2275 Рік тому +1

    Asking people questions like Socrates can sometimes remedy the cognitive dissonance.

  • @voravitlama6423
    @voravitlama6423 2 роки тому +1

    I think this video is uploaded again. Last year I watched this kind of animated video of Cognitive Dissonance. I studied social psychology course and we did group assignment on this topic.
    Comment below if somebody think the same.

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  2 роки тому +1

      Nope. It’s a premiere

  • @applied.precision
    @applied.precision 2 роки тому +3

    You forgot the third option for meat eaters that learn how their food is processed: accepting that we live in an imperfect world and that global markets are unlikely to be compassionate and kind, and then moving on with life while accepting that we contribute to that system.

  • @georgeghannoum6722
    @georgeghannoum6722 Рік тому +2

    I am sorry, but I am confused is there a way I can understand this better? Thx❤

  • @rakeshkhatua007
    @rakeshkhatua007 10 місяців тому +1

    4:32 to end important

  • @TimKerman
    @TimKerman 8 місяців тому

    Very useful thankyou

  • @jesuscalero1098
    @jesuscalero1098 2 роки тому +3

    "meat eaters" How dare u?

  • @ClarkAboudaz
    @ClarkAboudaz 5 місяців тому

    Went through a 3 months cognitive dissonance when learning the idea of original sin the idea people are born sinners wasn’t historically believed until 400 years after Christianity started. It threatened all my relationship, creditability, and what I had been telling people for years. If it was wrong the ramifications for the majority of Christianity was those churches were wrong and I needed to find a Christian church that believed the original teachings of the Bible. I was afraid I was just crazy and everyone else was right.

    • @joe-cm4lz
      @joe-cm4lz 4 місяці тому

      I'm confident that it was taught before Christianity even began? It goes back to the Jewish Scriptures to the very beginning of the Bible.

    • @beaulieuc8910
      @beaulieuc8910 2 місяці тому

      the whole bible is manmade nonsense and supports misogyny

  • @xlegendary_leex_1058
    @xlegendary_leex_1058 Рік тому

    This is an emotional problem. Meaning some choices will result in irrational decision making

  • @lightbeforethetunnel
    @lightbeforethetunnel Місяць тому +1

    I can't tell if you're being serious at 0:50 when you said, "as a result of cognitive dissonance we may believe even the most absurd conspiracy theories."
    Because it's well known that people handling cog dis poorly will engage in pseudoskepticism (the most common form of irrational cognition). And yet, you're doing precisely that with this assertion. One of the top characteristics of pseudoskepticism is "dismissal prior to proper investigation" and "the tendency to ridicule instead of investigate"
    So, all you've done here is create a false dichotomy in which you label positions as being either what you believe (the mainstream narrative) or else it's an "absurd conspiracy theory."
    That is textbook pseudoskepticism. You're just handling your cog dis of having your pre-existing beliefs questioned by resorting to childish name-calling and ridicule tactics.
    Calling the opposing position names does not entail your position is true.

  • @TzviFievel5784
    @TzviFievel5784 Рік тому

    Disconfirming evidence, or information that does not conform with a person's belief system, opinion of someone, or tenets of a cult. Then, especially if a person was made aware of disconfirming information by his or her own experience, the previously held belief system may begin to unravel.

  • @User_forbidden
    @User_forbidden Рік тому

    Experience > imagination

  • @SofiaGonzalez-bv1hh
    @SofiaGonzalez-bv1hh Рік тому

    Queridos amigos, saludos!

  • @badrah
    @badrah 2 роки тому +3

    . Help ourselves build alternative healthier routines and habits.
    . Learn more about acceptance and try to practice accepting and compassionate behaviors.
    . Find healthier alternatives to the sources of support we are receiving (including our own brain as one of these sources to temporarily replace or at least validate).
    These were top of mind thoughts right after I watched the video.
    In other words, we can start by focusing on (i.e. take an action towards) the main 3 points we already identified in the video standing in the way of sense-making.
    Again, I'm not claiming this is "the" only way to go about the challenge. I'm only suggesting a starting point based on what I've just watched. I will definitely keep thinking and working on it in order to validate the proposal itself :)
    How does this sound to you? What thoughts, pictures, emotions have it brought to your mind?

  • @rachelkrats5569
    @rachelkrats5569 Рік тому +1

    I find the ideas of plastic straws is an idea of cognitive dissonance. Knowing that plastic straws are a convince to the public and a profit restaurants and other fast food establishments we knkw they are harming the environment and still take them for our convince. This Is cognitive dissonance as we know they are harming the environment and the oceanic wildlife but we still use them. Getting people to find an alternative that is just as conventional will change and there minds and find a way to help the environment

    • @susanwagner1312
      @susanwagner1312 2 місяці тому +1

      You didn’t think of sick people in hospitals and those that can’t drink from cups for medical reasons. Also the plastic around paper straws…lol
      CC should be the last thing on your mind. You were gaslit

  • @edwardquigley4719
    @edwardquigley4719 5 місяців тому

    Indepentdent artist working on a five year 5 mega structor "compound" in the middle of Montana....
    Two days prior to "final completion" i eas tele'd and questionioned"why did you do such and such?" W.tf? abc....ect;ect;
    MIND BLOWN
    You're kidding
    You must be
    Certianly it's not me.......💥

  • @leptitecran9067
    @leptitecran9067 Рік тому

    As people believe in something wrong, in religion, there is people on internet explaining that oriental religion, people wait for the sunset to eat during but on the internet a guy says : if a Muslim people live in the North Antarctic they will wait a long time before to eat because the sun never go down never a sunset during a period. So before believe in something, needs to change point of view and learn about people from around the world to escape from cognitive dissonance : why continue to believe in something wrong ?

  • @sor3999
    @sor3999 5 місяців тому

    2:17 Does changing the two conflicting ideas also involve erasing or denying the other entirely?

  • @evanrutherfordlazyahole9079

    When your mind is fighting for survival but the popular people are slowly killing you and the guy you shit on trys to save your life.

  • @ahmedmuhammad4441
    @ahmedmuhammad4441 2 роки тому +1

    It's only a problem for the burdened ones

  • @kyleerikson4971
    @kyleerikson4971 Рік тому +1

    'People need guns to protect themselves from people with guns. We need more guns.'

  • @ankaplanka
    @ankaplanka Рік тому

    There is a lot cognitive dissonance around how we autistic people are being treated in society.
    So much so that a lot of "autism moms", politicans, "experts" and others tend to tell everyone they can that "autism is a tragedy". They might be the one who triggers their children to meltdown most of the time. It's important for us to have someone who understands us, someone we just relax with. Every situation feels new, because no situation are 100% alike.
    Even the most well-meaning people have biases against us. People fear disabilities so much, it's depressing. With the way people handle covid, a lot more people will become disabled, so hopefully they will accept this reality before then.

  • @susanwagner1312
    @susanwagner1312 2 місяці тому +1

    This video is pushing your beliefs under the veil of cognitive dissonance and/or something darker. People need to listen to Richard Grannon or Dr. Ramoni

  • @p65rcfz28
    @p65rcfz28 Рік тому +1

    The pathologising narrative about Autistic people

  • @Nemura12
    @Nemura12 2 роки тому +2

    The words in this video are put together very smartly so we accept the status quo is our subconscious of today's society. "the new normal"

  • @عيشهاصح-ي7م
    @عيشهاصح-ي7م 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for this wonderful and valuable content. I am from Egypt. I am interested in raising children and psychology, and unfortunately the Middle East.
    (Healthy childhood = Healthy society) I know that this content is allowed to be used. But I wanted to ask your permission before using it again. Thank you for this great effort and all the support for you to continue. God bless you

  • @dukeengine1339
    @dukeengine1339 2 роки тому +2

    A good idea would be to switch off tv, close the newspapers, turn off the radio, avoid people that are too invasive, just listen to the voice of nature and simplicity. As Pat Metheny wrote: "the truth will always be". 🙏🏻🌞

  • @lourensduplessis5580
    @lourensduplessis5580 2 роки тому

    Are these audios in Spotify?

  • @aaronking5170
    @aaronking5170 2 роки тому +1

    Are Cognitive Dissonance and healthy skepticism one-and-the-same?

  • @scottwinter-sb6lp
    @scottwinter-sb6lp Рік тому

    I have changed minds in ways you can't imagine I'm the greatest psychologist there is the world has been altered and they have not yet taken notice 🔔 of it

  • @Think666_
    @Think666_ 2 роки тому

    I wonder if there is a way to evolve out of this dangerous flaw... Hmm. Probably not without quite a mess.

  • @nuclearfish2657
    @nuclearfish2657 Рік тому +1

    Why does this video imply that eating meat is inherently evil?

  • @joshuasbecreative8444
    @joshuasbecreative8444 2 роки тому

    Awesome video

    • @sprouts
      @sprouts  2 роки тому

      Thanks 🙏🏻

  • @satanofficial3902
    @satanofficial3902 Рік тому

    Personal Opinions that instantly and automatically replace any and all actual facts because it's their Personal Opinion that their Personal Opinions do.

    • @satanofficial3902
      @satanofficial3902 Рік тому

      You she entity lifeforces (including she entity lifeforces existing in XY DNA template bodies) can have the most bizarre notions and do the strangest things.
      And when your smug Personal Opinions have totally messed things up, then it's blame projection elsewhere time.

  • @markhatfield5621
    @markhatfield5621 2 роки тому +1

    Jehovahs Witness are another example of people getting sucked into outrageous nonsense.

  • @snookiewozo
    @snookiewozo 2 роки тому +10

    I dont need to cope with meat production. I support the oppression of chickens.

    • @N0Xa880iUL
      @N0Xa880iUL 2 роки тому +2

      Found the psychopath.

    • @BertoxolusThePuzzled
      @BertoxolusThePuzzled 2 роки тому +2

      It's not like pasture raised is that much harder or more expensive to exclusively buy, if you actually care enough. This in turn grows their business and deprives the bad practice businesses of one more customer, win/win. Be the change you want to see in the world, or shut up and stop lecturing everyone else about it.
      The internet is a silly place full of silly people.

    • @suejonmeyers8362
      @suejonmeyers8362 2 роки тому +1

      I agree I feel like sometimes vegans like to label meat eaters as having cognitive dissonance as an excuse to not have to engage in an intellectual conversation about where each side is coming from it's bringing in an emotionally loaded context and an assumption that we all think the same I can have a pet rabbit and I can eat rabbit I don't see them as the same thing I have no guilt about it,
      But again I don't like religion for the same reason I don't like veganism it's always just being crammed down your throats how you're wrong and you're immoral and you're this it's rather ironic the cognitive dissonance comments. But yeah,.

    • @BertoxolusThePuzzled
      @BertoxolusThePuzzled 2 роки тому

      @@suejonmeyers8362 Exactly.

    • @ABC-sz7rd
      @ABC-sz7rd Рік тому

      @@suejonmeyers8362 not all vegans are like that.. how you just gon generalize us ? 😭 you don’t even know who the hell i am.

  • @fade3118
    @fade3118 2 роки тому +3

    I believe in alternative facts! 😤😤