Certain statements definitely make me cringe, or at least flinch. For me, I suspect it’s about the person’s stubbornness of thought, and the importance of the matter. I’ve only had reactions like yours when I’m talking to someone and realize that rational conversation with the person on something important to both of us seems impossible.
This sounds like a it’s worth a few studies, if they aren’t already out there! Find out if the effect really exists, and how it varies across demographics. If it’s a real effect (and this really should be more motivated by the demographics findings), how does it correlate to various factors about who made the argument? For instance, whether you know the person, how it relates to your first impression of the person, whether it matters if you know who made the argument, whether communication is physically possible, how likely you believe before and after that other people would make the argument, etc.
I wonder if people who are raised with bad chains of reasoning get a similar feeling when they hear someone reason about something in a “stupid” way. Does it matter if the bad reasoning leads mostly to the same conclusions or decisions? Maybe we’re just talking about a desire to defend your beliefs.
Certain statements definitely make me cringe, or at least flinch. For me, I suspect it’s about the person’s stubbornness of thought, and the importance of the matter. I’ve only had reactions like yours when I’m talking to someone and realize that rational conversation with the person on something important to both of us seems impossible.
This sounds like a it’s worth a few studies, if they aren’t already out there! Find out if the effect really exists, and how it varies across demographics. If it’s a real effect (and this really should be more motivated by the demographics findings), how does it correlate to various factors about who made the argument? For instance, whether you know the person, how it relates to your first impression of the person, whether it matters if you know who made the argument, whether communication is physically possible, how likely you believe before and after that other people would make the argument, etc.
I wonder if people who are raised with bad chains of reasoning get a similar feeling when they hear someone reason about something in a “stupid” way. Does it matter if the bad reasoning leads mostly to the same conclusions or decisions? Maybe we’re just talking about a desire to defend your beliefs.