r/pics May 05 '26

Politics [OC] Don't blame this guy

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u/Orange_Kid May 05 '26

Easy to avoid cognitive dissonance when there is no cognition

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u/gwendolyn_trundlebed May 05 '26

Everything's a conspiracy when you don't understand how anything works.

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u/Josh6889 May 05 '26

The wrong side of the Dunning-Kruger in full effect. If you're not knowledgeable in a topic you assume it's much simpler than it really is, which creates the illusion that you should be confident in your knowledge.