Nothing is qyite as funny as a liberal writing an article about how conservatives refuse to accept facts, while using a faulty study to support his premise. I would love to see this asshats study that shows concealed carry states have more crime.
Even more funny. This is the second similar thread posted by this buffoon desperately trying to convince himself he's smarter than most. Talk about insecurity.
Unemployment is lower under Obama than when he took office! [Because of all the people that gave up looking for jobs!!!] Do even 10% of voters get that part about giving up looking I wonder?
Your title (Scientists depressing new discovery about the brain) is not depressing if you live in open freedom of speech country. Open like the USA is. The people can read all opinions with no fear. The Fox news, the CNN, the communist USA party website, the holistic medicine, the western medicine, all the fights of people with different opinions. You can read all.
Fact: Obamacare cannot be defunded by a government shutdown. Opinion: Obamacare is bad! Conclusion: Obamacare can be defunded by a government shutdown. House GOP Plan To Defund Obamacare Still A 'Dumb Idea': Senate Republicans Posted: 09/18/2013 4:54 pm EDT | Updated: 09/18/2013 5:04 pm EDT "WASHINGTON -- As House Republicans prepare to vote this week on a continuing resolution that would defund Obamacare, several Senate Republicans continue to think they're playing a losing hand. "Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told The Huffington Post that he still thinks demanding that President Barack Obama's health care law be defunded in order to avoid a government shutdown is a "dumb idea," as he deemed it last July. "I said it was the dumbest idea I'd ever heard of," Burr said. "I still think it's a dumb idea, because you can't defund Obamacare." "The North Carolina Republican added that he hadn't determined how he'd vote on a continuing resolution, because it wasn't clear what type of bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to bring to the floor. But a source close to Burr said he opposes a strategy that would tie an effort to defund the health care law to the government funding measure." More >>
I don't think it's a stretch to say that people, when faced with data that doesn't jive with their preconceived notion of what should be, disregard the data way before they would consider their position could possibly be flawed. Very few people are open to debate (correct debate) and are able to have their opinions changed. It takes effort to allow your opponent the chance to sway your views, and an effort to remain civil during the exchange.
These observations of yours seem to me to be quite "factual" Seriously, it is a good point that you make. The level of mainstream media reporting is plebeian, and unreliable information may be reported as though it is certain, or facts may be severely distorted, often by exaggeration. On matters that truly are matters of opinion, we often hear or read only one side. As an example, most of us hear incessantly one variation or another of the U.S. position on, say, the Syrian civil war, but how many have studied the viewpoint of the Syrian government, or the several factions fighting on the rebel side? This one-sided media coverage plays into the formation of our biases and opinions. In other words, we are thoroughly "brain washed." Once we have formed those biases we tend to develop selective hearing and reading. This allows us to hear and read what supports our biases and reject what doesn't. We become inured to our own biases but remain sensitive to the biases of those who disagree with us. Then we go out and vote, as if democracy among a poorly informed and highly biased electorate was something to celebrate. In my opinion the best defense against these defects in our thinking is to be constantly aware of their existence and maintain a conscious effort to seek out and listen to and read opposing viewpoints, and then carefully consider them. It is not an easy task. I find myself changing my mind quite often. This is, I hope, somewhat of a measure of how carefully I read and listen to the other side. If you find that you very seldom change your mind, or you are repeating the same arguments as a counter to varied assaults on your opinions, that could be a sign that your biases have become hardened and fixed, and as a result you have developed highly selective hearing and reading.