The ability to hold two contradictory thoughts at the same time is called doublethink. I first came across this word when I was reading the book, “1984” by George Orwell. The concept is tricky to understand and it means that a person can hold a thought where two plus two equal four and two plus two equal five. And the person will not have any difficulty believing it.
You might say that if one knows that two plus two is equal to four how can one say that it can be anything but four and that was the trick I was mentioning earlier.
Pretty intense stuff.
You must be thinking that concept like doublethink may only appear in the dystopian universe but they actually exist in real life too.
“You must stand out BUT you must fit in”
“You must follow your dreams AND find a secure job”
“Don’t lie BUT don’t say anything that’s rude”
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