<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:18:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/cognitivedissonance/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Spooks: Trafficking, Blackmail, and Treason]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is unfortunate the issues raised in this post are so horrific. I wish we faced less cruel and deranged enemies, that children were safe from harm, that people were competent universally to protect their]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@valued-customer/spooks-trafficking-blackmail-and-treason</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@valued-customer/spooks-trafficking-blackmail-and-treason</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[valued-customer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 21:57:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQS7zofYK5RCJGfUxXRN8mZL3vHuqahxi218bzEGU3hiRKfsqAYP3c4YskfHR8Zau6btTWFUoRiSiQGAgjxV1iVUPZcfVeFVvN5ibb38nsVdnif7sxj1oZo?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behavioral Economics : The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in Financial Decision Making]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo Source Cognitive dissonance is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when individuals experience a conflict between their beliefs, attitudes, or values and their behavior or experiences. This conflict]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@kevinnag58/behavioral-economics-the-role-of-cognitive-dissonance-in-financial-decision-making</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@kevinnag58/behavioral-economics-the-role-of-cognitive-dissonance-in-financial-decision-making</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kevinnag58]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 22:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk2bRb9gatmwEsdvNEZvoPLNRYTnPnFwtKaYHgf7rRrUkeiGNEedN7HDqzHfc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petty rebellion against submission]]></title><description><![CDATA[the exact people who just got done being lied to by the government for the gazillionth time turn around and trust it. and they never stop to wonder: “why do i keep doing this?” Source: the act of submitting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/waivio/@notable/two-cycles-submission-vs-resistance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/waivio/@notable/two-cycles-submission-vs-resistance</guid><category><![CDATA[waivio]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[notable]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 18:54:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc196q36ADoGty1WEUBMYTezBR2yx2cmqPwhtM3UzUiz5qh45JxQmtjva4TUnHvSxFagXhjtJr1UAqzwDFS8yZDFgS4pcPXbh3FQpi2i2irsPvN4kNp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Meme #425!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some days it just don't pay to even try. IF you are sooo afraid of ideas that clang your cognitive dissonance alarm that your immediate reaction is 'Off with their head!' and you go with that response]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@antisocialist/the-daily-meme-425</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@antisocialist/the-daily-meme-425</guid><category><![CDATA[cognitivedissonance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[antisocialist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:00:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhD2RDUgSNNrbtGUQmq3KJVhaPk7vfWQP8tFLYvLvh1z7dorXbJ7a6mck4FMhQLcB28FKLpi6Xp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conflicting Stories, Cognitive Dissonance, and Healthy Skepticism]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are told the seasonal flu almost disappeared due to people following COVID-19 lockdown policies, yet COVID-19 remains a threat over a year after "two weeks to flatten the curve" because people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@jacobtothe/conflicting-stories-cognitive-dissonance-and-healthy-skepticism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@jacobtothe/conflicting-stories-cognitive-dissonance-and-healthy-skepticism</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHir7FdMHL5aXWZbxXHHLZkNRsGVH31nZ9BEywhNuLfzD41uRLR3pkQirAvteuVV3VmxXT2g8AVhDqT9skWbmN3eWS8EpmEaa96UaxgJXCQFkvxpNdTU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why The Sheeple Remain Silent (And How To Wake Them Up)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the current situation, many of us, who research the facts about the situation we are in, face the issue that it seems impossible to convince people of the truth, despite overwhelming, solid evidence.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@lyranara/whythesheepleremainsilentandhowtowakethemup-wfn6ayqczl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@lyranara/whythesheepleremainsilentandhowtowakethemup-wfn6ayqczl</guid><category><![CDATA[cognitivedissonance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lyranara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:43:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvL3bEMzYTnLeAWRfvrVDQDyndV3L44mNG2JAgdgHehLmxiAMvJySS2H6eGAV33Aqp3yY9vc7PSPXm1h9J3diLZyjX1QymFBwZ8nWYna?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ISLAM IS RIGHT ABOUT WOMEN  #cognitivedissonance test]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are objective you may view this statement in 2 ways; Islam treats women poorly and is objectively patriarchal and that is not a good thing - Islam bad / women good Women need to be controlled because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@kaos1973/islam-is-right-about-women-cognitivedissonance-test</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@kaos1973/islam-is-right-about-women-cognitivedissonance-test</guid><category><![CDATA[cognitivedissonance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kaos1973]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 03:06:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9vPWKspCV8jizTBs57rsqkLbSUovHiG1JtxL2Aig2cUZC6tr57nFVC54D6FUP4DfDm6Y1rswv6xCGD2FmNQaPKvYg4q97mx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jonathan Byrd Who Runs “Traditional Catholic Priest” Blog Embraces Sedevacantism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to a recent arrival of the sedevacantist position and ending cognitive dissonance. Congrats: Follow me: Twitter - Bitchute - Gab - Minds - Daily Motion - Steemit - Veto - Instagram - Word]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@real2offendisok/9vtqa8w2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@real2offendisok/9vtqa8w2</guid><category><![CDATA[dtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[real2offendisok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 20:45:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMDmf4ZoMVm7WizuqAwcgF3NkRFMMAXSDtXuCMJJMUQqHhNBtVFYz97a6vhrVh?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[trezmala's twitter Feed : 2019/04/29 09:45:01]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some cut off at the bottom #cognitivedissonance at its finest #share2steem #thinkstopper External Link : ThinkStopperPodcast on Instagram: “Some cut off at the bottom #cognitivedissonance at its finest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@trezmala/trezmala-1556523901398-trezmalas-twitter-feed--20190429-094501</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@trezmala/trezmala-1556523901398-trezmalas-twitter-feed--20190429-094501</guid><category><![CDATA[cognitivedissonance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[trezmala]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:45:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn3TDDCyENZ5grGUN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Untangling Cognitive Dissonance. Pt 1 Notes]]></title><description><![CDATA[To untangle Brexit you have to disentangle everything else. The Main Theme of dominant narratives of the 21st Century since 2000, 9/11 war on terror, Climate Beliefs and Haulocaustianity, Denialist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@tonefreqhz/untangling-cognitive-dissonance-pt-1-notes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@tonefreqhz/untangling-cognitive-dissonance-pt-1-notes</guid><category><![CDATA[cognitivedissonance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tonefreqhz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 07:05:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWYhKSR5LNsmb8VTVPh6EPPz49dgKC4JSqtpQKK3i6776bwm95tBHoPFYJDjuqkoKeb1A4eTyrASMr91Wfi3PGA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From my Instagram]]></title><description><![CDATA[Its not real or true unless it's posted online! #reality #2019 #cognitivedissonance #vibrationsversusonesandzeros #virtualreality #digitalworld #doubleslitexperiment #share2steem #steemit dynamicgreen_tkahrs]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reality/@dynamicgreentk/dynamicgreentk-1550417511360-from-my-instagram</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reality/@dynamicgreentk/dynamicgreentk-1550417511360-from-my-instagram</guid><category><![CDATA[reality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dynamicgreentk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 15:32:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/wi6rCbobbmnhnHHEjVtx6A9XiLG1tBCtxh3BB98464XP85Z1KURMhaaRicX6H3BDRcLPmg62kkAAuRg6J6hJRmSU3P79wX3G4aMwhsjrwk7493qh7sGpqgFnFqdwT9QsgWFZxh7FbT47Y3upHAzR5X9RizTLaKjXEXh9QXwAD1VrByKZdn8W9DmULDQBgfFp2zVYwxtrsMwMiX5ksRvAYz7WVQTqFjxqwrvdg5MFNN53CVx4QqS1dWYwZebp8rd3xTj3cg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#EndCircumcision]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you can convince people to submit their infants... the most helpless of us, the ones we should protect... to an invasive, painful, brutal, traumatizing and medically unnecessary surgery... You can convince]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@j3551c4/endcircumcision</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@j3551c4/endcircumcision</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[j3551c4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:04:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7zAfodAa93eiaRXhjvZbVxfD78xcuJ47BASvNGsVZrq6o7MbJitgpf23CCsUYYqszjZn3EvYooP7vs4abXdraMQ2MWng94?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contradictions & Compartmentalization]]></title><description><![CDATA[When somebody is faced with a logical contradiction between two overtly contradictory beliefs, they typically have cognitive dissonance, which is upheld by psychological compartmentalization. This is where]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@unityprocess/contradictions-and-compartmentalization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@unityprocess/contradictions-and-compartmentalization</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[unityprocess]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCBRzTxRJWxpz7qLMdK4Nq6Ha3QAmrmWNLCRdBJnGud5Wg12S96ZrPLM3ap2JKmgeSB9WH3cX5UZWLxUhRbVX6rQydYmJPhuNEtbcd8YNAJQeKi2SnHrTnpAvTxdTqwgRVfQ6DkkrmmyjYRLNSfLFd77JquQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Cognition: The Dissonance Of Flat Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Carrying on with our series on cognitive biases, today I want to talk about cognitive dissonance and how it effects people in general, and more specifically flat-earthers. Cognitive dissonance is what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@cryptogee/understanding-cognition-the-dissonance-of-flat-earth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@cryptogee/understanding-cognition-the-dissonance-of-flat-earth</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 09:21:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrccCEfy9jj9N1ZDRC8CWL9CyNuiYoH2A7f78TnmrLcFMhy9Qjjh4L7vw9en4qeioJbdABaYGyGXzbuaMsr66KGAcRsREe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transmute Cognitive Dissonance Into Cognitive Concurrence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cognitive : of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) Dissonance : lack of agreement - the dissonance between the truth and what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psycology/@jayanarchon/transmute-cognitive-dissonance-into-cognitive-concurrence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psycology/@jayanarchon/transmute-cognitive-dissonance-into-cognitive-concurrence</guid><category><![CDATA[psycology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jayanarchon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:31:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQMEM9qrRUGDoKwFcaxeBMjDuKP68SwEHkwrdM4UoR32AgQJeitHzBXJ4MjGjJBJdFJY13C1Y86?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Givin' Ya'll a Kick in the Pants - with Love ;)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have given my ALL to attain a body that can function after enduring debilitating, catatonic illness for a couple years. So when I see people treating their bodies like shit, it baffles me. It angers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/innerwork/@melinamarie/you-can-choose-to-break-out-of-that-chrysalis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/innerwork/@melinamarie/you-can-choose-to-break-out-of-that-chrysalis</guid><category><![CDATA[innerwork]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[melinamarie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 20:17:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3ejZQFLqXedKXJKnH243YAFuuRGvwJ3j24oKfeixHgsQC47kDBU1vDigFQondF8BmJ75bHS1HTm2irUyT4Z2ZXVBN2M94czMCbiWS1231VTfUTwX1SGGwsRVPUthi9cdQmkYZXoTgnocyLpHYVDkvw7CutxMNNcPfCLqxJ3i4Rx5y6x1oyeCQQxMVrYXQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinks Laws Will Stop People From Owning Guns...]]></title><description><![CDATA[View post on dMania]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dmania/@blaineb/thinks-laws-will-stop-people-from-owning-guns-zg1hbmlh-h0tba</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dmania/@blaineb/thinks-laws-will-stop-people-from-owning-guns-zg1hbmlh-h0tba</guid><category><![CDATA[dmania]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blaineb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 08:52:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmF5N2ELXvy3iFDz31ELHueza9k7jXNhAddMpVkt2g2J5iEQyNXsaYxKok6CzxvmWopkYvpXiVvWqU9Drts4iHYkiPfo8DXGR7BmrbGFprpYmxLoKkoF78iNCTR28bFHncAoj4ffMg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living in Authenticity in a World of Cognitive Dissonance, with Will Markham]]></title><description><![CDATA[Living in Authenticity in a World of Cognitive Dissonance, with Will Markham This interview was featured on The Greene Fyre Review's February 2018 Livestream Marathon.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@greenefyrereview/living-in-authenticity-in-a-world-of-cognitive-dissonance-with-will-markham</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@greenefyrereview/living-in-authenticity-in-a-world-of-cognitive-dissonance-with-will-markham</guid><category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greenefyrereview]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 22:04:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eBxnQuRtv4AwrrgANUexnMv3pdGWU8Hj4kE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[.....]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@mtnman420/6hebz2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cognitivedissonance/@mtnman420/6hebz2</guid><category><![CDATA[cognitivedissonance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mtnman420]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 16:08:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ7waMxWKSr8mFxVeNG8jrYYudc8UXu19BiQ9QrJ6m2gMCHCMJuweTLi7DHSyDnAgMrVgbnc2EBRiRenessw5G1enYLxpCVwoSP3vXLNMfC4MBS3PFfc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[https://www.sott.net/article/375039-Cathy-Newman-interview-with-Jordan-Peterson-highlighted-how-feminist-zealots-want-to-crush-rational-thinking]]></title><description><![CDATA[[] How could he believe, she went on, that his right to free speech trumped a #transgendered person's right not to be offended? "Because", he replied, "in order to be able to think, you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jordanpeterson/@skysira/https-www-sott-net-article-375039-cathy-newman-interview-with-jordan-peterson-highlighted-how-feminist-zealots-want-to-crush</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jordanpeterson/@skysira/https-www-sott-net-article-375039-cathy-newman-interview-with-jordan-peterson-highlighted-how-feminist-zealots-want-to-crush</guid><category><![CDATA[jordanpeterson]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skysira]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:15:45 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>