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Why people’s emotions override their ability to reason.
If you look at any major hot button issue, one thing becomes clear: many people believe their feelings are facts. This seems particularly true with political issues.
We see people who think abortion is murder but support the death penalty. People who say “my body my choice” about masks but not about reproductive decisions. People who will look at documented facts about a politician and still not believe what’s true. People who ascribe to wild conspiracy theories. People who think vaccines are inserting nanoprobes into their bodies. People who don’t believe in evolution. People who make assumptions about a person or a situation, and have no interest in whether those assumptions are true or not.
It made me wonder: why do people stay so entrenched in their feelings and beliefs in the face of clear evidence to the contrary?
Feelings and emotions are obviously very complex, but here are some factors that can contribute to the issue.
