People mistake their culturally tinted worldview for objective reality.
Evidence
In the process, our attitude seems so natural to us that we perceive it as THE reality, and we are usually not even aware that it is an interpretation of reality created by us. The confrontation with other world views is a valuable expansion of our perspectives. However, the first reactions that usually arise are irritation, defensiveness, and a posture to fight for our own worldview. We prefer to surround ourselves with people who share our worldviews. This confirms us, creates security and a sense of belonging. … It feels comfortable in our shared nest of beliefs. We know who the good guys and the bad guys are, we agree. Our attitudes are shared and constantly reinforced by others, and echo chambers are created, confronting us less and less with alternative views. If these views appear, then as a common enemy that is despised, to be fought against. Black-and-white thinking is reinforced; there is also the impression (or the concrete experience) of losing membership in one’s own group as soon as one holds a dissenting opinion. For example, if you post a change of heart in the Facebook group of vaccination opponents, you are quickly expelled from the group. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 155
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to social identity theory and the echo-chamber literature. — connects to: Cultures historically conflated ignorance of local custom with stupidity; Humans are blind to their own lack of an original fixed nature; Cultural difference was routinely misread as a difference in civility. — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 61 (+2 more)