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Posted - 2012.05.30 10:18:00 -
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Zoe Athame wrote:Minmatar Freedom wrote:Gabriel Kaile wrote:I like Goons Online. I doubt you would. I doubt even Mittens himself would. It's hard to rebel against The Man when you ARE The Man. Why don't people realize that there are many non-goons who still support what they're doing?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_Dissonance
Basically, they can't. Their minds believe two conflicting, impossible conditions at the same time, and in order to cope with this they have to find some "out". Ignoring non-Goons is the easiest way to do so. You see a LOT of this in Politics and Religion, especially in Talk Radio in the US. (Often by the same people, actually.)
There's all kinds of it going on, but some quick ones:
Idea 1: Highsec is Perfectly Safe
Conflicting Idea 2: I died in Highsec.
Dissonant Conclusion: The person doing so cheated somehow.
Dissonant Conclusion: Highsec is not safe enough.
Missed Conclusion: I should have adjusted my play style to be more safe.
Missed Conclusion: Highsec is not actually safe.
Idea 1: I, as a highsec miner / mission runner / etc, love EVE
Conflicting Idea 2: Goons and other PVPers disagree with me. Violently.
Dissonant Conclusion: Goons must hate EVE.
Missed Conclusion: I only love a small subset of EVE.
Missed Conclusion: I actually do not enjoy EVE.
Idea 1: Only Goons disagree with highsec players because they are Goons and Goons hate (and want to destroy) EVE.
Conflicting Idea 2: This other, non Goon, also disagrees with me.
Dissonant Conclusion: This other person does not exist / is a Goon sockpuppet.
Missed Conclusion: Other people disagree with me.
Idea 1: Only Goons will vote for Goons in the CSM Election.
Conflicting Idea 2: The Mittani got 10,000 votes, which is far more than players in the CFC.
Dissonant Conclusion: The Goons (or CCP) cheated somehow.
Missed Conclusion: The Mittani received votes from outside of Goonswarm.
You'll note that most of the missed conclusions are logical falsehoods of one of the two conflicting ideas. Basically, from my understanding of the phenomena, that's how it works: They're supposed to realize that one of their ideas isn't quite right, or not true in all situations, or what have you -- but mentally that's difficult to do unless you recognize what is going on and let it go. |