Psychological studies have shown that one!s personal preferences-music, politics are pretty much ingrained by age 35, and beyond that most people don’t like to evaluate WHY they prefer something, they just like to parrot/cheerlead for their personal taste. Of course if you are a questioning contrarian like all of us fine TK sub stack participants, this runs against our personal mores!
Stxbuck: Not disagreeing so much as clarifying. Social Psych literature suggests what is ingrained is one's outward, public personae--that doesn't change much in adults (but is even more correlated with pride).
Behavior is another thing, altogether. People who will reply 100% of the time that they are against, for example, seat belts will still wear them.
But if someone else then points out the inconsistency, they often change behavior again to match their stated beliefs.
Which makes one wonder if it is a good thing to poke Trump-ettes or let them instead get sick of shitting where they eat (any WEEN fans here?). Bottom line: I've learned that pointing out people's inconsistencies can be counterproductive even as it makes my head spin.
Why does it take people so long to see the inconsistencies? That's what I don't get.
Psychological studies have shown that one!s personal preferences-music, politics are pretty much ingrained by age 35, and beyond that most people don’t like to evaluate WHY they prefer something, they just like to parrot/cheerlead for their personal taste. Of course if you are a questioning contrarian like all of us fine TK sub stack participants, this runs against our personal mores!
Stxbuck: Not disagreeing so much as clarifying. Social Psych literature suggests what is ingrained is one's outward, public personae--that doesn't change much in adults (but is even more correlated with pride).
Behavior is another thing, altogether. People who will reply 100% of the time that they are against, for example, seat belts will still wear them.
But if someone else then points out the inconsistency, they often change behavior again to match their stated beliefs.
Which makes one wonder if it is a good thing to poke Trump-ettes or let them instead get sick of shitting where they eat (any WEEN fans here?). Bottom line: I've learned that pointing out people's inconsistencies can be counterproductive even as it makes my head spin.