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thinking about an example i saw last night of someone stating one of their opinions and then straightforwardly that this opinion is bad
and just how bizarrely healthy that feels
and just how bizarrely healthy that feels
what if the problem isn't cognitive dissonance
what if the problem is all the pressure to resolve cognitive dissonance for the sake of narrativizing ourselves to others
what if the problem is all the pressure to resolve cognitive dissonance for the sake of narrativizing ourselves to others
from a sufficiently heretical Jewish theistic perspective you could call ambiguity in Torah cognitive dissonance in the mind of God
ambiguity in Torah is something rabbis work to preserve at all costs because it's the only thing that permits choice
ambiguity in Torah is something rabbis work to preserve at all costs because it's the only thing that permits choice
it was basically
A: people saying X sucks
B: i think X, but i don't go saying it
A: X is terrible tho
B: yeah, some of my opinions are bad
A: so say we all
A: people saying X sucks
B: i think X, but i don't go saying it
A: X is terrible tho
B: yeah, some of my opinions are bad
A: so say we all
my point is that most people are far too cucked a) contain that tension 2) be aware of it γ) freely acknowledge it
they'd have to talk themselves out of an opinion they legitimately hold, pretend they don't hold it, pretend it isn't bad, or some other dog and pony show
they'd have to talk themselves out of an opinion they legitimately hold, pretend they don't hold it, pretend it isn't bad, or some other dog and pony show
