http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/02/27/cognitive-dissonance/ The Big Questions | Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:20:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/02/27/cognitive-dissonance/comment-page-1/#comment-3297 Jeffrey Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:32:20 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=2513#comment-3297 Continually talking about going through the budget line-by-line is like trying to lose weight by going to the bathroom more often. At some point, there's just not any more that can come out, and a more substantial behavioral change is needed. Continually talking about going through the budget line-by-line is like trying to lose weight by going to the bathroom more often. At some point, there’s just not any more that can come out, and a more substantial behavioral change is needed.

]]> http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/02/27/cognitive-dissonance/comment-page-1/#comment-3292 David Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:19:13 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=2513#comment-3292 Clearly we can afford everything--until we can't. Clearly we can afford everything–until we can’t.

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