How To Get People to Accept Objective Reality Over Subjective Feelings

This is a basic human trait: accepting perception of reality without assistance from outside ourselves. Early in our history, this basic thinking process served us well in our survival. However, with the advent of science and its methods, we now have tools to look at ourselves from outside of ourselves.  Unfortunately, the vast majority of humanity has not accepted the reality of objective evidence trumping subjective thinking.  Following are some articles that look at ways to get people to prioritize objective evidence over subjective thinking:

• Why We All Need to Accept Reality (And 3 Ways to Do It)

• The Purpose of Life is to Be a Nobody 

• Psychology shows that Democrats and Republicans can’t even agree on objective reality 

• The Perception Bridge: Objective Reality Vs. Perceived Reality -- What Drives Human Activity 

• Objective & Subjective

• In the heat of the political battle, objective reality is having a tough run 

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