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b_b · 3918 days ago · link · · parent · post: STUDY: Showing facts to anti-vaxxers makes them more determined to ignore facts, not vaccinate.
There was another study I read about once upon a time wherein it was shown that if you remind a judge of his/her own mortality just before issuing a sentence, then the sentence tends to be harsher. I wonder if the same thing is afoot here. The death of oneself may be related to the death of one's beliefs, psychologically speaking, since we tend to think of our beliefs as some of the core things that define us as people.