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Subject Why people attack someone who says something they disagree with...

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I disagree...

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firstly, even if I agree with a viewpoint, if the source is dodgy, I don't just swallow it.

secondly, what is a credible source anyway?

but I agree that, unfortunately, most people are just stuck in their box.  why bother looking at any new info at all?
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You know, I thought about that a lot. What is a credible source of information?

After a lot of thought, I decided that when a source of information tells me something I agree with- something I have already determined to be true- I give them more 'credibility'.

And when someone tells me something that I later find to be untrue. They lose 'credibility.'

So take a physics textbook. A lot of the information in there can be tested first hand. So after experimenting a bit, I find the makers of the textbook Credible. And in a pinch, I am willing to take them at their word if I have to.

Meanwhile, a bible on the other hand. I have found very few things in a bible to be true. So the bible and the people who make bibles, I do not find credible. So I dismiss everything they say.
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Original Message this is my opinion... I realize I will be attacked for it.

The way the human mind works is

1. When information is gained from a source, the first thing people ask themselves is... does this information agree with what I already know/believe? If it does, they then mentally label the source of the information as 'more credible.' And do nothing else.

2. If the information does not agree with what the already know/believe, then they look to how credible the source of the information is. If the source of information is not credible, the information is dismissed.

However, if the source of information IS CREDIBLE they have two options...

1. Change their beliefs. Which is a hard, painful, grueling process that requires a lot of thought and risk and pain.

2. Destroy the source's credibility. And then dismiss the information. A.K.A. attack the person. Call them stupid, a shill, liar, etc.

And so people usually choose option two.

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