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In looking for confirmation, we're trying to avoid what's known as cognitive dissonance, which is the uncomfortable state of having inconsistent thoughts or beliefs.
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It seems rather silly to prefer to attach it to something of a so called 'concrete' nature inconsistent with thought, and then to wonder where the thought comes from".
"This is inconsistent thinking".
Their behavior is inconsistent, and their thoughts and motivations are rarely stated.
"The belief that witches are able to fly on cattle, sleeping humans, or sometimes broomsticks," Sjöberg pointed out, "has become inconsistent with modern thought and disappeared".
But from the Fregean point of view, the thoughts expressed are inconsistent, since part of what it is to have a nightmare is to have a dream.
Professor Chris Rapley, former director of the Science Museum, said the position of Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation is "fundamentally inconsistent", adding that as scientific thought leaders, any gesture was particularly powerful.
The odd composition, which is both playful and precise, subtly suggests a face, while inconsistent perspective expands the viewer's thoughts.
Watch for thoughts that are completely inconsistent with reality or with your other views in life.
In a review of 32 studies [ 19], inconsistent findings and the contribution of thought disorders and special components of the attention process to the Stroop-effect were emphasized.
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