Antiprocess fascinates me. Instead of helping us process new information, antiprocess helps us avoid doing that. And it does so to protect our egos from any challenges to dearly-held beliefs. One story that recently got a lot of attention illustrates how this works on not one but both sides of Read more…
Last time we met up, we talked about a post written by Ron Tewson (archive) about dealing with doubt. In its first paragraph, he talks about being a Christian because his god gives him shiny things all the time. But then, he brings up a number of reasons why Christians Read more…
Engaging meaningfully with new information is a process. Avoiding that engagement is called antiprocess. When it comes to people’s beliefs, antiprocess is how they avoid confronting challenges and contradictions, and still come out thinking that they totally nailed that fight.
It must be an absolute hoot to have any kind of disagreement with Larry Dixon. And by ‘hoot,’ I mean it must be incredibly frustrating for the person with facts on their side.
Antiprocess allows people to maintain their beliefs even in the face of overwhelming evidence that they don’t have the facts on their side.