When We Become the Seekers by Gabriel Dall'Alba, Guilherme Brambatti Guzzo

Gabriel Dall'Alba and Guilherme Guzzo's article delves into the ways people form, protect, and identify with their beliefs, drawing parallels between beliefs and personal possessions. Using examples like Festinger's study of the "Seekers," they illustrate how social support, personal investment, and tribal identity can entrench beliefs, making them resistant to change even when contradicted by evidence. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://secularhumanism.org/2024/11/when-we-become-the-seekers/ About the Authors:  Gabriel Dall'Alba is a biologist with a master's degree in genome sciences and technology from the University of British Columbia (UBC). As a sessional lecturer at UBC, Dall'Alba aims at fostering critical thinking skills and appreciation for the nature of science through courses such as Seminars in Science (SCIE 113) and Thinking Like a Life Scientist (BIOL 180). Dall'Alba is also a founder of the Brazilian science communication project Nas Trilhas da Razão (On the Trails of Reason). Guilherme Brambatti Guzzo is a biologist and an assistant professor of biological scienes at the Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS, Brazil). He is interested in the promotion of critical thinking and skepticism in science education and is the founder of the Brazilian science communication project Nas Trilhas da Razo (On the Trails of Reason) Subscribe to Free Inquiry: https://secularhumanism.org/subscribe/ Free Inquiry Audio Edition is a production of The Council for Secular Humanism and the Center for Inquiry.