In this week’s Dissidents podcast, cohosts Mike and Elizabeth talk about the lure of unfalsifiable arguments over testable scientific data, particularly when motives like maintaining positive self-worth or preserving group membership overtake accuracy motives.  The authors of the article we will discuss conducted 4 studies on religion and political ideological beliefs and speculate about whether unfalsifiability may lead people and societies to continually make truth defying decisions.

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References:

Friesen, J. P., Campbell, T. H., & Kay, A. C. (2015). The psychological advantage of unfalsifiability: The appeal of untestable religious and political ideologies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108(3), 515–529.