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How To Be A Skeptic, Part Two: Friends and Family

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Doing Extra Homework Can Be Dangerous, Right?

People love being right. They hate being wrong. If you contradict a strongly held belief, sometimes the people, it can feel like a personal attack. It's pretty much impossible to win an argument online. There are two big factors that sometimes people may bucket you when you're disagreeing with them. And Julie Beck put it perfectly talking about cognitive dissonance and sunk cost fallacy.

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