"This is one way to visualize cognitive dissonance. The further the conflicting perspective is from your own, the larger the cognitive dissonance. **The amount of anxiety we feel about a position impacts our impression of the person holding the view that caused it**. In discussing highly polarizing issues, we will sometimes demonize people who claim to hold a view that we believe is truly unacceptable." (~[Location 697](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081J97HLQ&location=697)~) —[[202308181107 — AtN — Staying calm within disagreements can be a superpower]] and [[202308170954 — AtN — Productive disagreement can be a superpower]] *** **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[cognitive-dissonance]], [[anxiety]], [[mindfulness]], [[relationships]], [[fundamental-attribution-error]], **Source** — [[202308170952 — B — Why Are We Yelling]]