Article - Cognitive Conditioning and the Evolution Bubble

First, a few definitions:

confirmation bias

noun

The tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with one’s existing beliefs. This biased approach to decision making is largely unintentional and often results in ignoring inconsistent information.

cognitive conditioning

noun

a process in which a stimulus is repeatedly paired with an imagined or anticipated response or behavior.

In this article: Cognitive Conditioning and the Distortion of Reality, Brian Miller, an Intelligent Design (ID) advocate discusses a "common trend" he's noticed from opponents to ID: a cognitive conditioning that causes them to immediately reject any notion of an Intelligent Designer or a Creator.

He discusses how today's scientists are trained in materialism and to resist all Design arguments. In addition: "They are also taught to assume that all appearance of design is an illusion." He goes on to say:

Such training conditions the mind to resist any argument for design before it is even considered. In addition, young scholars are often told something along the lines of ,“If you believe that life looks designed, you will be ridiculed by your colleagues, and you would not want that.” This cognitive reinforcement driven by fear of rejection results, at both the emotional and intellectual levels, in one’s being habituated to resist design arguments. [emphasis mine]

I found this comment a bit humorous:

I have even seen people’s minds actively work against them to resist either understanding or internalizing the evidence. If progress starts to be made at the cognitive level, their emotional centers will cause their intellect to shut down, and they will become increasingly agitated. They then begin to recite slogans, as if pre-implanted, such as “God of the gaps,” “multiple lines of evidence,” “type III secretion system,” “all scientists know…,” “Dover trial,” or “religious motivation.”

How true that is. When you really start pressing evolutionists, they do start uttering pre-programmed nonsense. Their ability to resist any notion of God's hand in His creation is sometimes impressive. They'll look right at you and not hear a word you're saying.

Since reading that article, I've noticed other creationist and ID advocates commenting on the ability for people to be faced with obvious evidence against evolution, and simply be blind to it. They will absolutely resist it before even considering it.

Many evolutionists confine themselves safely withing their evolutionary bubble, and surround themselves with like minded individuals. And rather than listen to their opponents, declare them "unscientific", and start muttering the pre-programmed non-sense.