Study on former citizens of East Germany sheds light on why people may choose deliberate ignorance psypost.org Submitted by chrisdh79 t3_111qkd6 on February 14, 2023 at 1:48 AM in science 132 comments 1,143
Neat_Youth470 t1_j8i0lsd wrote on February 14, 2023 at 1:38 PM The human psyche can only take so much distrust and despair before self destructing. This is a protective mechanism imo Permalink 130 [deleted] t1_j8jwuwm wrote on February 14, 2023 at 9:14 PM I agree. Some things are just too much to handle. It's often not worth the pain. Curiosity is driven by a reward/risk ratio. I can't say I wouldn't want to just ignore it and put the past behind me either. Permalink Parent 25 [deleted] t1_j8lwltn wrote on February 15, 2023 at 7:12 AM [removed] Permalink Parent 1
[deleted] t1_j8jwuwm wrote on February 14, 2023 at 9:14 PM I agree. Some things are just too much to handle. It's often not worth the pain. Curiosity is driven by a reward/risk ratio. I can't say I wouldn't want to just ignore it and put the past behind me either. Permalink Parent 25
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