People With Extreme Political Views Have Trouble Thinking About Their Own Thinking

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:jbhmm: Thoughts?

See it here all the time :mjpls:


People With Extreme Political Views Have Trouble Thinking About Their Own Thinking

Unlike political beliefs, which often have no right or wrong answer per se, one group of dots was unquestionably more numerous than the other. But regardless of whether or not there was an objective answer, the radicals were more likely to trust their opinion was correct than to question whether they might have gotten it wrong.

This finding—which the team replicated with tests on the second group of participants—suggests that the metacognition of radicals plays a part in shaping their beliefs. In other words, they actually can’t question their own ideas the same way more moderate individuals can.

Science Confirms The Obvious: Political Extremists Think They Are Right And You Are Wrong

Why are political extremists so hard to argue with? Because they're just so darn sure that their views are the most winningest of them all. As perhaps evidenced by our current state of government, extremists aren't really into compromise. The underlying reason may be that they believe their beliefs are vastly superior to the views of others, according to a new study in Physiological Science.

The study, which implicated extremists on both sides of the political spectrum, analyzed the extent to which being extremely conservative or extremely liberal correlated with feelings of belief superiority. Belief superiority doesn't just mean you think your opinions are correct, it means also believing it's the only valid opinion, and that all other opinions or attitudes are inferior to yours. "They don't just take a side, they actually believe that everyone who disagrees with that view must be wrong," lead author Kaitlyn Toner explained.
 

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This is nothing new

"You think black people with ownership of guns is fine? Your a liberal communist!"

"You think gays are unnatural? Your racist misogynistic bigot!"

they just repeat whatever their leader says.
 

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isn't this surmised by "a wise man understands that he know's nothing, and a fool thinks he knows everything?"
 
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