What is it when you think something is true but its not?
Believing something that isn’t true is called a “delusion”.
Can your mind make you believe something that isn’t true?
Much of what you believe to be true probably isn’t, thanks to a mental shortcut your brain takes without you realizing it. There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are also true lies–things that we believe to be false and actually are.
What does it mean when someone says “it doesn’t matter”?
When one says, “it doesn’t matter,” in effect, she is saying she wants to remove the meaning from the event. Often this is because the meaning, perhaps the expectations attached to the meaning, are causing pain. “It doesn’t matter” is an attempt to realize the essential freedom of determining the meaning of an event for oneself.
Is a mind convinced immune to logic?
A mind convinced is immune to logic. Here’s why. Once, when I asked my 5-year-old nephew who ate the last piece of cake, he said it was his invisible friend. I replied that Mr. Invisible must not be a very good friend because he ate the last piece of cake and left my nephew to take the blame.
How do beliefs become impervious to the facts?
Our beliefs become impervious to the facts in a process psychologists call cognitive immunization. Cognitive immunization helps to explain why some beliefs become even stronger when challenged. They also help to explain how we cannot let go of some beliefs in the face of overwhelming contradictory evidence.
Why can’t we remember when our beliefs fail the test?
Classic psychology studies show that we have trouble remembering the times when our personal beliefs have failed the test of outside evidence. This is because our minds automatically neutralize clashing information—such as that awkward moment when practitioners of a doomsday cult realize that the world did not come to an end when predicted.