2 telling cases of cognitive dissonance

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From Terence NettoThis past week we have seen a couple of instances of cognitive dissonance which occur when people say diametrically opposed things about the same matter.These days the most obvious example of this affliction is when people purport to look at the evidence and say they don’t believe there has been climate change, a stance that can drive climate alarmists berserk. Well, at least this much can be said about climatological evidence: it’s abstruse and so parsing it can be difficult.But what about matters that are much less obscure and upon which firm conclusions can be drawn?Why should cognitive dissonance occur on a matter such as Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s announcement that, at 84 years age and 11 terms as an MP, he will give GE15 the miss?You see, Ku Li, as he is familiarly known, has his strong supporters who can be counted on to prevail upon him to stay on. After…