How might Tucker Carlson provide fact-checkers on Politifact to refute their claims about his lies and disinformation?
How might brain science unravel how opinions based on Kool-aid feelings and cult beliefs trump the rigors of seeking truth, validating facts and substantiating evidence?
An edited response to the questions (above) posed to ChatGPT-4.
People who form beliefs based upon emotional reactivity are less inclined to critically evaluate evidence that contradicts those beliefs. Human emotions influence decision-making more than logical reasoning.
Emotional biases and unquestioning blind beliefs cherry-pick information to confirm preexisting views and to ignore contradictory facts. The cognitive dissonance arising from conflicting views based on contradictory evidence is avoided by illogical rationalizations.
To counteract emotional irrationality, we have to learn how to cultivate open-mindedness and develop the critical thinking and discernment skills to validate facts. The rigor of deep learning enables people to form evidence-based opinions rather than succumb the seductions of alt-facts that drive emotionally-driven opinions.
How might we co-develop lifelong learning processes to evolve beyond living mostly in the emotional reactivity of our reptilian and amygdala brains to the equanimity and harmony of cultivating our neocortical brains?
Explore Politifact checker on Tucker Carlson
Facts don’t matter to the reptilian and amygdala brains. Click on link to explore further.
Why do so many people believe in Tucker Carlson?
And Joe Rogan.