More and more of us would then think we know something based on information whose source was chosen because it conforms to how and what we thought before. Thus, though we are seemingly well armed, there begins to be less and less motivation to think more deeply, much less try on views that differ from one’s own. We think we know enough, that misleading mental state that lulls us into a form of passive cognitive complacency that precludes further reflection and opens wide the door for others to think for us. This
