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Cognitive dissonance is the situation of holding “conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviours”. For instance, someone on a strict, calorie-controlled diet who regularly sneaks a doughnut, because “just one won’t hurt”. Note the rationalisation: it’s bullshit, the person making it knows it’s bullshit, but that’s how
Here’s a thought experiment: you’re about to undergo highly risky heart surgery. Would you feel more comfortable knowing that your surgeon was the very best around? Or would it warm your soon-to-be-open heart to know that they were promoted because of their race? These are
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Joanne Nova cfact.org A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was
Information Opinion Chris Trotter has done it again – *sigh* – just when I thought he was making a whole lot of sense he drops a clanger of an article that makes me shake my head. In his latest contribution on The BFD he states: “… It certainly was not a guarantee of
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s international analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. Warning
The PM’s arrogant speech at Harvard, where all she had to do to warrant a round of applause was to take a sip from a glass of water, was a grandstanding opportunity to talk about – her. How ironic that she talked up her gun control ‘success’ so that the
Lawyer Kirsten Murfitt voicesforfreedom.co.nz Warning Long read. 2401 words. The proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations (“IHR”) and the Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness Treaty (“the Treaty”) will galvanise the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) as the singular controlling authority and architect of global health. Individual nations will surrender
Labour’s budget has gone down like a cup of cold sick. The tour of the US has become an embarrassment; tripping backwards and forwards across the country with gay abandon, ignoring the climate implications as the Princess of the Pestilence seeks global acclaim and signing a new woke agenda
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Australia has a new prime minister and a new opposition leader. Just who is new Liberal leader Peter Dutton? Is he the leader the Liberals need, to capitalise on the tremendous shift in political allegiances that showed in the election result? Scott Morrison only narrowly beat Peter Dutton in the
In Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein cautions against dumping a leader you don’t like, just because you don’t like them. Make sure whoever’s going to replace them isn’t even worse, he warns. Americans are getting an object lesson in Heinlein’s warning: they swapped
Xiujian Peng Victoria University Dr Xiujian Peng is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre of Policy Studies (CoPS) at Victoria University (VU). Before joining VU, she held positions as Senior Research Associate at the University of Adelaide and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Population Research, Renmin University of
