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Facts Care About Your Feelings

The Fundamentalists

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The Connection Between Protecting Ideology and Using Facts

This chapter explores the phenomenon of using facts as a shield to protect one's ideology. It discusses how apologetics can appeal to those who question their beliefs and how it uses logic to justify biases. The chapter also examines the role of ideology in shaping the perception of facts and how focusing only on supportive evidence can result in being trapped in an unfalsifiable position.

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