Saturday, March 24, 2018

The Problem Isn’t Just Trump. It’s Our Ignorant Electorate.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-problem-isnt-just-trump-its-our-ignorant-electorate?ref=home
"If ignorance is the key that opens the door for charlatans like Trump, improved education, whether in school or in the public square, would seem to provide an obvious solution. But here we confront the perverse Dunning-Kruger Effect identified by psychologists—essentially, the less we know, the more certain we become of our superior knowledge. We have also discovered that exposure to facts and evidence does not always have the expected impact. Many people, when confronted by irrefutable proof that some core belief is incorrect, don’t change their minds but dig in their heels. What feels right to them must be right and no amount logic and reasoning will dissuade them. Emotion trumps evidence."