The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 6 of 254

Saint or brain damaged: cognitive dissonance

Imagine believing someone to be a shining spiritual example, only to then conclude that they were in fact simply brain damaged. This would provoke too much ‘cognitive dissonance’: the mental discomfort caused by holding incompatible beliefs.

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