Photo: Mahmud Hossain OpuMany people approach an ideological disagreement the same way they would a disagreement about facts. Many people approach an ideological disagreement the same way they would a disagreement about facts. This might work if people’s ideological beliefs worked the same way as their factual beliefs – but they don’t. Our work suggests that an effective strategy for disagreement involves approaching ideological beliefs as a combination of fact and opinion. In two earlier studies, 5- to 10-year-old children and adults learned about pairs of characters who disagreed about religious, factual and opinion-based statements.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 19, 2019 11:15 UTC