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Originally Posted by Yadoula8
Well, you said that CogD can be caused when someone thinks they are amazing at, say, chess, yet they constantly lose.
If this person were aware that there was no luck in chess, and that his opponents were not amazing etc, he would have no choice but to overcome his false view about his ability.
In this way we cant consciously hold onto two views that conflict. This is one of the ways we can get past cogD. "By acquiring new information that outweighs the dissonant beliefs."
I didn't say chess, I said poker - and the reason I said poker was because players always have a lot more excuses not to face the reality that they are not very good, such as variance, the software being rigged, etc.
Given this, I agree with your second point about a game like chess, that CD is not really a factor, as there are very few factors that the player can blame their losses on, other than ability.
However, your third point that "we can't consciously hold onto two views that conflict" contradicts the very essence of CD. People gamble even knowing the house has an edge; they smoke and drink knowing it will probably shorten their lives, and so on, and so forth. People are not rational, and simply presenting them with information will not necessarily reduce the CD.
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Originally Posted by Elrazor
Can you cite any research showing that attitudes, beliefs or behaviors only cause CD when you're not consciously aware of them, but disappear when you become conscious of them?
I'll take that as a no then.