• tomi000@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Wow you must be really butthurt that your beloved celebrity turned out to be a different person than you imagined.

    This is called cognitive dissonance (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance).

    There are different ways the brain can cope with conflicting information. Looks like yours chose denial. It also chose to double down on the denial by constructing a reality in which multiple witnesses arent a credible source.

    If you remember about this post in a few weeks, thats gonna be embarrassing^^

    Also, to answer to your post directly: Are you the kind of person that doesnt believe the earth is round because you havent seen it for yourself? If not, ask yourself why this case is different.