In " I Know the Truth, So Don't Bother Me with Facts", The author Jeffrey Kluger believes humans are easily deceived by rumors and lies. R.Kelly Garret and Nisbet assistant professors, were surprised at how easily people's beliefs are swayed by suggestive and vague images. Even on case where evidence is presented contradicting what a person may believe, less than a third are willing to compromise. Garrett cites a body of studies showed that when subjects are presented with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, the subjects often stick to their biases even more so. R.Kelly Garrett's research is right, people don't like being told they are wrong, because we don't like being told we are and unintelligent, and lose face in front of peers, we'll deny the truth until we get something that's comfortable.
People don't like being told what to do, or what's right and wrong. I think It's because we don't like being looked down upon, discriminated, or be seen as lacking of knowledge. We're like lions, proud creatures, stubborn and become aggressive when in a state of vulnerability. It's in our nature to defend ourselves when backed into a corner.
Denial is a way for people to defend themselves from a truth that someone just can't face, so we deny. People can become very stubborn and hostile when in denial, Not much much be done when someone is in this state. It's so easy to be in denial, once we're in this state no one can intrude on this little space.
If you truly want the knowledge, respect from your peer and from yourself, you have to be willing to make compromise, willing to face the cold hard truth and go beyond our comfort zone, learn from our mistakes and from our success. Only then can we achieve our goals, our dreams.
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