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belief
Disconfirming evidence can strengthen your initial incorrect belief.
The 'backfire effect' was proposed in 2010 to describe people doubling down on beliefs, but subsequent large-scale research has failed to replicate this as a common phenomenon.
The backfire effect is currently not considered a well-established or common psychological occurrence.
You fight hardest when you are most wrong.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Nyhan and Reifler, 2010
- What the check found
- The original 2010 study is the source of the term, but it does not represent current scientific consensus as the effect has failed to replicate consistently.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
Related
One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.