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Subject:Cognitive dissonance NO VANAGON CONTENT
From:Dave M
Date:Thu, 7 Mar 2002 22:06:13 GMT

> There is a famous concept taught in all psychology classes. It is called
> "Cognitive dissonance." Basically this recognizes how powerful the mind is
> and how it pacifies the ego. Whenever a decision is made for anything the
> mind convinces the ego that the choice was the best.
>
> If you know the Vanagon (Or Eurovan) is superior but you buy an old
> Cadillac, cognitive dissonance will convince you that the Cadillac was a
> wise choice.
>
> Just a little bit of trivia. Whatever choice you make your mind will
> convince you that you are correct and no one can convince you otherwise.
>
Thats odd - quite often after I have made a choice, I convince myself that the other
choice
was the
better.

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