Cognitive Dissonance is a natural response to uncomfortable information. It is a protection mechanism for the mind that rejects information that it deems to be a threat. 

The information can be rejected by automatically contradicting it or by unconsciously replacing it with comfortable information.

Sometimes that information is uncomfortable because it is contradictory to our belief system, and sometimes because the information is morally abhorrent.  

To fully understand #cognitivedissonance , it helps to understand Graham's' Hierarchy of arguments. The lower you are on the chart...the stronger the cognitive dissonance.   The higher you are on the chart...the more free you are of cognitive dissonance. 

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