What I'm Looking at Is People's Political Opinions

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As polarization on just about everything is on the rise, more and more topics that otherwise would be neutral and evidence based will become polarz. And once something becomes political, it becomes debatable. This led below to look into polarization and all the other phenomena in motivations and influences and incentives that motivate our cognition in very significant ways.

New research suggests people on opposite sides of wedge issues want to listen to each other. We are each eager to hear differing opinions and understand opposing views, and when we do it can change our minds (at least a little), but only when we aren't triggered by the psychological phenomenon of reactance - one of several ideas we explore in this episode.