That's different.  That's cognitive dysfunctionalism!

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave M" <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 3:06 PM
Subject: Cognitive dissonance NO VANAGON CONTENT

> > 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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