Let me start with this statement. When a person who already
believes strongly about something is presented with evidence
that is contrary to their belief, they can tend to react in one
of, or a combination of three ways; ignore the information
(citing that it is irrelevant or blatantly wrong), rationalise
the information or belief (citing that their view allows for
this information or that the view is correct still by citing
other unrelated information, or that they've always believed
what they believe so it must be true) or react strongly against
the information (stating that their already held beliefs and
information like it are the only truth, anything to the contrary
is false). Obviously there are other ways that people can react
to information or news that goes against their beliefs, but
these are three common ways people can tend to react. And the
deeper the conviction to the belief, the stronger the reaction
to contrary evidence. The other problem is that sometimes strong
beliefs can be deeply rooted i