minus-squareSusaga@sh.itjust.workstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•How would you process the fact that a new friend of yours is a cop? (USA)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoHow can you be so sure that’s the lie? Is that not just your own prior belief? Why do others need to evaluate their beliefs, but yours should only be doubled down on? Is that not cognitive dissonance? linkfedilink
minus-squareSusaga@sh.itjust.workstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•How would you process the fact that a new friend of yours is a cop? (USA)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThe thing is: which belief is the lie? Can cops not be bastards? Or is this guy not as nice as he appears to be? linkfedilink
How can you be so sure that’s the lie? Is that not just your own prior belief? Why do others need to evaluate their beliefs, but yours should only be doubled down on? Is that not cognitive dissonance?