Urgently important reading

[uwsman2]

This article from the Boston Globe helps to explain why many of us despair.... it seems that studies show that people presented with factual corrections to their beliefs cling to their beliefs even more strongly....

 

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?s_campaign=8315

[Guest greatness]

Thanks..

 

Thanks for an insightful article..

 

This article from the Boston Globe helps to explain why many of us despair.... it seems that studies show that people presented with factual corrections to their beliefs cling to their beliefs even more strongly....

 

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?s_campaign=8315

[+ Charlie]

This is news? My experience with college students taught me this a long time ago.

[MsGuy]

Charlie, if you need any additional evidence, check out any random thread down in the Politics Forum. :o

[orbital sander]

This is news? My experience with college students taught me this a long time ago.

 

My experience with the Christian Fundamentalists that I was forced to endure as a child taught me this long ago...

[MsGuy]

Amen, to that, Orbital!