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Cognitive Dissonance

·          This denial of truth presents itself in a person’s conscience as a disconcerting ideal one holds deeply and often emotionally, a particular set of beliefs contrary to another which, despite in many cases, the other is the more logical of the two.  The more logical is many times rejected due to the uncomfortable nature associated with the radical changing of one’s thoughts in fact, very often entire worldviews must be suddenly reversed to recompense for the real truth. This is called Cognitive Dissonance and it is a fear that separates most people from most truth.  You can present the facts to them repeatedly even getting them to understand, but they won’t break the invisible and illogical barrier which has been preventing the truth from being embraced.  It happens in conversation that they will simply change the subject but a very discerning change is detectable in their facial expression the moment they understand.  They do the opposite of what we would expect and turn