There is a classic experiment in sociology,that I believe someone in NLP/hypnotherapy replicated in a training ;that involved having a couple of people in gorilla suits walk around the traing room then asking the trainees to comment on the gorillas:most people denied their existence.
Unfortunately,many people exist in a profoundly delusional state because they have an irrational fear of learning and will endlessly try to defend an untenable position rather than simply admitting they were wrong and adopting a more realistic perspective.
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