>It's a generalization based on hundreds of experiments conducted
>with diverse samples. Do I know for certain that you
>personally have done this? No. But much like I can assume
>that smoking cigs will increase your risk of cancer, I can
>assume that you try to resolve cognitive dissonance.
I would suggest that having a closed mind about most issues is not a universal way of thinking, as you suggest. It is one way of utilising the mind, but there are other ways.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas