What do criminology, hate crime, debunking of myths & reactions to such debunking have in common? (A) = Gordon Allport
Think & Act on the Principle of "Nullius in Verba"!
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Gordon Allport |
Gordon Allport - a leading expert on bias and prejudice - studied what type of people are most likely to conform to evidence-led debunked beliefs. His research led to the conclusion that such conformity is evidence of a weak authoritarian personality, prone to unreflective obedience. See his work:
The Nature of Prejudice .
I have experienced exactly the same type of authoritarian instant knee-jerk rejection and - in addition - considered stubborn 'fact denial' blindsight behaviour from leading Darwinist scholars in the face of paradigm changing bombshell discoveries, which completely disprove their prior beliefs about the history of the conception of the principle of natural selection. See my article on the topic:
Here.