1 | Carol Tavris on Mistakes, Justification, and Cognitive Dissonance
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
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What Is the World View?
In my book, the big picture, i talk about similar ideas, because i'm trying to talk about some kind of coherence in one's view of the world. So i introduce the idea of a planet of belief, that you have a set of beliefs that are kind of like rocks or asteroids that come together under a mutual gravitational pole. And these planets develop their defense mechanisms, right? If something comes along, a stray rock from outer space that threatens to undermine the integrity of the planet, you try to blast it out of space,. You don't try to fit it in, necessarily.
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