Meaning, Contradictions, and Dissonance
Samuel’s Thoughts / Blog / Meaning, Contradictions, and Dissonance Search Duplicate Try Notion Drag image to reposition Meaning, Contradictions, and Dissonance Published January 28, 2023 Category Contradictions “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless yet be determined to make them otherwise.” (Footnotes 1) F. Scott Fitzgerald Here, Fitzgerald perfectly illustrates the concept in psychology coined cognitive dissonance: the perception of contradictory information (e.g. feelings, actions, beliefs, and etc.) and the stress engendered from it. I would like to discuss the type of dissonance we experience when facing existential contradictions: the perennial conflicting beliefs that we hold due to the human condition. I strongly believe the inability to reconcile the contradictions and coping with dissonance is a strong fa
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