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Re:What Happens to the Brain During Cognitive Dissonance? (2... by Dylan16807 on Monday May 30, 2016 @01:17PM (#11802187)
Cognitive dissonance is not picking X sometimes and !X sometimes, because they're both around 50%.

Cognitive dissonance is saying that X is 90% certain and that !X is also 90% certain.

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