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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
The issue is that they've convinced themselves that whatever they're looking at is special. Usually, when you bring that up, the response is along the lines of, "Of course those are natural, but anyone should be able to see that [fill in here] is different." They don't (and usually never will) understand that they're making a subjective claim.
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Cognitive dissonance, otherwise known as rationalizing. If it could power a car it'd be our greatest natural resource. 
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