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I mean this is well-known phenomenon. People not only disregard others' arguments, they even reject facts if they contradict a core worldview.[1][2][3][4]

You trying to rationalize this as "other people didn't find the arguments convincing" is a meta version of this. A deliberate ignorance of this cognitive bias even when given documentation of its existence.

1. https://jamesclear.com/why-facts-dont-change-minds

2. https://today.uconn.edu/2022/08/cognitive-biases-and-brain-b...

3. https://research.com/education/why-facts-dont-change-our-min...

4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5698037/



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