Absolutely. That's exactly the frame of reference that I once came from, I damn well understand it!
But I always kept an open mind and continue to have the humility to question if I am wrong and admit it if I am. We are biologically hardwired to fight the "threat" of being wrong, it takes honesty to even try to get over that instinct, and it definitely is a primitive self-preserving instinct. So to get through to many people these days you need them to overcome their own very survival instincts.
So yes there are situations when no amount of evidence is enough. But people can learn. Engaging in honest and fair discussion helps me to rationalize my own beliefs, and if you fail to engage with intellectual honesty like the above r/Canada moderator, you own only hurt your position and strengthen my own. And that's not about a winning side, that's about a prevailing truth.
Such mods have no idea they are creating a bubble for themselves and the the same for the person they removed, potentially putting both at risk of developing extreme smugness on their position at minimum to becoming radicals.
Absolutely. That's exactly the frame of reference that I once came from, I damn well understand it!
But I always kept an open mind and continue to have the humility to question if I am wrong and admit it if I am. We are biologically hardwired to fight the "threat" of being wrong, it takes honesty to even try to get over that instinct, and it definitely is a primitive self-preserving instinct. So to get through to many people these days you need them to overcome their own very survival instincts.
So yes there are situations when no amount of evidence is enough. But people can learn. Engaging in honest and fair discussion helps me to rationalize my own beliefs, and if you fail to engage with intellectual honesty like the above r/Canada moderator, you own only hurt your position and strengthen my own. And that's not about a winning side, that's about a prevailing truth.
Such mods have no idea they are creating a bubble for themselves and the the same for the person they removed, potentially putting both at risk of developing extreme smugness on their position at minimum to becoming radicals.