Authoritarian-style certitude resists even direct counterevidence

Evidence

When I say “unchangeable,” I mean sticking to your beliefs no matter what. … If 1am 100% certain that there is no such place as heaven, and that Socrates was not a man, and then I die and (in passing) glimpse Socrates in heaven corrupting the youth with his questions, and I s¢ill refuse to believe, that is “unchangeable.” — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2630