If you ‘love’ something or ‘respect’ something, it becomes difficult to look at that “thing” objectively. Whenever someone presents information that is contrary to the narrative that sustains your bias, most people immediately take a defensive position. Instead of objectively analyzing the data, we resort to dismissive tactics aimed at discrediting the clashing narrative in the hopes of maintaining the status quo. However, this a counterproductive approach if “truth” is the objective of your knowledge seeking.
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