Everyone is sharing this comic about the 'backfire effect' ... but there's a huge cat

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Everyone is sharing this comic about the 'backfire effect' ... but there's a huge catch
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You've probably already seen The Oatmeal comic (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe) in your social media feed several times **w.*

Its beautiful illustrations are paired with an elegant, clever explanation about something called the "backfire effect." Basically, it describes why people double down on their beliefs when presented with contradictory information.*

SEE ALSO: What Facebook must do to prepare its 3,000 new moderators for the trauma they'll face (http://mashable.com/2017/05/03/how-will-facebook-protect-its-reviewers-live-video/)


The cartoon is powerful because we can all relate to that feeling of using facts to inform a heated political debate or sway someone's opinion and getting **where. And that's exactly the problem the comic's author, Matthew Inman, wanted to address, especially in the wake of Donald Trump's election.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/06/oatmeal-backfire-effect-comic/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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