Kristen Soltis Anderson

Fast-moving views are not likely to be strongly held views. Instead, they're much more likely to be about people mirroring back the signals they see coming from the leaders they support. People can resolve dissonance by shifting their own view on issues that aren't top of mind.

American Writer

Simon Mainwaring

The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action.

Businessman

Moby

Every single day the world seems like it is on the brink of falling apart. But then I look outside my window, and things look about the same as they did a week ago. It's almost a form of cognitive dissonance.

American Musician

Jon Ronson

What I think was a really lucky coincidence was that a lot of the themes of 'Okja' are things I write about a lot: cognitive dissonance and corporate greed and also the internal politics of fringe groups.

Welsh Journalist

Kevin Bleyer

Am I the only one who can't seem to reconcile the grand canyon of cognitive dissonance I feel when people with much more important jobs than I have manage to score much lengthier times off?

Madeleine Albright

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

American Statesman

Kate DiCamillo

When I was a kid, it never occurred to me that human beings wrote books. It was a kind of cognitive dissonance for me... I just didn't think it was something that people did.

American Author

Eugene Chadbourne

I think dissonance in music makes you think. It isn't, 'Oh, that's a pretty melody I can whistle.' You have to sit down and listen to tell it apart from other things.

American Composer

Ruth St. Denis

As we rise higher in the understanding of ourselves, the national and racial dissonances will be forgotten in the universal rhythms of Truth and Love.

American Dancer

Eric Sevareid

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.

American Journalist

Used to describe conflicts in ideas, actions, or issues, often metaphorically in various subjects.

Metaphorical Usage

Often relates to clashes in beliefs, traditions, or customs within different cultures or societies.

Cultural Context

While indicating a lack of agreement, dissonance can lead to discussions that prompt change or improvement.

Not Always Negative

In music, it's used to describe a tension or clash between notes that challenges the ear but can add depth.

Musical Texture

Dissonance in music often sets up an expectation for a resolution to a consonant, or more pleasant, sound.

Harmonic Progression

Describes the uneasy feeling when someone's actions don't align with their beliefs or values.

Psychological Tension

Understanding dissonance can lead to self-reflection and possibly changing one’s behavior or beliefs.

Behavioral Awareness

 So, you know, if you want to become more compassionate, you visit sick people in the hospital, and you will become more compassionate. You donate money to a cause, and you become emotionally involved in that cause. So, it really was cognitive psychology -- you know, cognitive dissonance -- that I was experiencing.

My year of living...

 hundreds of years ago or thousands of years ago you would have no idea people made up mythology to explain dragons eating the Sun and that kind of thing and so unless you know it's coming it could really be frightening and for some people even knowing it's coming it's you you get that cognitive dissonance

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 We talk about energy independence. We talk about hydrogen cars. We talk about biofuels that haven't been invented yet. And so, cognitive dissonance is part and parcel of the way that we deal with oil, and it's really important to dealing with this oil spill. Okay, so the politics of oil

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 the simpler the ratio, the more pleasing or consonant those two notes will sound together. And the more complex the ratio, the more dissonant they will sound. And it's this interplay between tension and release, or consonance and dissonance, that makes what we call music.

What does the universe...

 a hypnotic state of cognitive dissonance in which one is compelled to disregard their own perception in place of the officially dictated version of events, leaving the individual completely dependent on the State's definition of reality itself. The result is a world

What "Orwellian" really...

 This behavior is especially dangerous in politics. On an individual scale, allegiance to a party allows people to create a political identity and support policies they agree with. But partisan-based cognitive dissonance can lead people to reject evidence

Do politics make us...

 and to attain the promised rewards. The cult environment discourages critical thinking, making it hard to voice doubts when everyone around you is modeling absolute faith. The resulting internal conflict, known as cognitive dissonance, keeps you trapped,

Why do people join...

 it's an illusory superiority complex, thinking we know things. In other words, people think they know more than they do. Or they underestimate what they don't know. And then, there's cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is interesting.

3 kinds of bias that...

 They just passed the three million jobs mark. Psychology says, in order to create engagement, we should present, on balance, three positive or supportive framings for each climate threat we mention. Then we can flip dissonance

How to transform...

 British post-punk groups, like Joy Division, Bauhaus, and The Cure, combined gloomy lyrics and punk dissonance with imagery inspired by the Victorian era, classic horror, and androgynous glam fashion.

Dissonance

Metaphorical Usage

Cultural Context

Not Always Negative

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