I thought that some TIPSters might be interested in this story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110522/ap_on_re_us/us_apocalypse_saturday
The following line in particular caught my attention, and surely would have put
a smile on the faces of Festinger, Riecken, and Schachter:
"Many followers said
>>> "Helweg-Larsen, Marie" 04/28/11 11:51 AM wrote:
...Science denial today is considerably more prominent on the political
right-once you survey climate and related environmental issues,
anti-evolutionism, attacks on reproductive health science by the Christian
right, and stem-cell and biome
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Here's another related piece that points out th
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This brief piece may be relevant to the Mike P-Mike S interchange about
rebutting conspiracy theories. I suspect the outcome
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:23:24 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote
Mike P: I have read Festinger's work.- don't forget I am PhD.Whereas there
are multiple ways to manage cognitive dissonance, remaining obstinate and
obdurate are not methods to resolve the issue.
Btw,I taught citizenship class and keep in mind that one can also becoma a
citizen if one has one
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:23:24 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>My take on this is that if some people demand evidence,then prviding
>evidence will not hurt.
I think you miss the point and did not watch the clip from "The Last Word";
see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVG772L1v_k
As Obama mention
My take on this is that if some people demand evidence,then prviding
evidence will not hurt.The Donald perpective reminds me of Ronald Reagan's
TRUST BUT VERIFY.
I am more concerned about people who doubt the holocaust .
Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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You are
I'm sure that it will only be a little while before a video clip from
Lawrence O'Donnell's show "The Last Word" goes viral, showing
what happens when a true believer is asked about President
Obama's birth certificate which became publicly available today.
What happens when those who believe, lik
