180. Andy Norman — Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Refusal to Change Your Mind to Fit the Facts
People with a growth mentality are hugely happier, on average, than people with a fixed mentality. The evidence that clinging to your beliefs in the face of contrary evidence is bad for you is very strong. People who refuse to even consider evidence and questions that might threaten those beliefs deprive themselves of growth opportunities.
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