Evidence never enters an empty mind.
Research on motivated reasoning and confirmation bias suggests that prior beliefs, goals, expectations, and source trust can influence how evidence is selected and evaluated. These are possible influences, not a diagnosis. Disagreement may also reflect different evidence, uncertainty, values, or legitimate criticism.
Intelligence is not a simple shield, but neither is it a cause. Evidence often changes minds, and corrections do not generally produce a backfire effect.
This is real-world psychology, not scientific validation of The Miracle Metal. The fiction stays fiction.
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