@joe-shmo said
I think this principle is most easily demonstrated by the collapse of WTC 7 at near free fall acceleration ( documented by several videos ), official reason ( NIST ), collapse due to normal office fires...
Yes, I agree. There are many examples I think. Some that people probably don't think about much.
Take the holocaust for example. How long did it take before the German people became aware of the mass extermination of Jews? I am sure there was an effort to keep that conspiracy secret, but I'll bet "incredulity" was a factor in that as well.
It is likely that people don't think their government could possibly be as horrible as Nazi Germany, Russia's Stalin era or the astonishing Mao genocide in China. When people are not evil themselves they find it hard to project evil onto others when they should. I think people generally believe that people they are familiar with mean well in a naive way.
WTC 7 should be obvious to anyone who views the collapse, but when officials say otherwise and it is supported by thick propaganda a lot of people believe the propaganda because the alternative is hard to accept. They would have to question their whole lifelong belief system and that is too much brutal truth. The lie is much more soothing and blissful.
People generally prefer blissful ignorance. The truth is far too ugly, yet we accept Julius Caesar was assassinated in a brutal conspiracy that would be shocking if it happened today. It is interesting that we accept past shockers while denying them today.
Cognitive dissonance is fascinating. It seems to be the root of denial in recent history.