Why do people keep believing things after seeing evidence against them?
Changing a belief can feel like losing a piece of yourself.
The facts change.\n\nThe belief survives.\n\nThe hidden mechanism is certainty addiction.\n\nHumans need stable stories.\n\nUncertainty feels uncomfortable.\n\nIdentity resists revision.\n\nPeople think beliefs follow evidence.\n\nVery often, evidence follows beliefs.
