

| 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. --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. This service is provided by Cyburban LINK.
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