# 367. Cognitive Dissonance, Part 2: When your brain defends the wrong thing Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/filter-it-through-a-brain-cell-4893807/367-cognitive-dissonance-part-2-when-your-brain-defends-the-wrong-thing Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/filter-it-through-a-brain-cell-4893807/367-cognitive-dissonance-part-2-when-your-brain-defends-the-wrong-thing.md Podcast: [Filter It Through a Brain Cell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/filter-it-through-a-brain-cell-4893807) Published: 2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/podcasts/filter-it-through-a-brain-cell/episodes/2149246876 Audio file: https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149246876.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/filter-it-through-a-brain-cell-4893807/episodes/367-cognitive-dissonance-part-2-when-your-brain-defends-the-wrong-thing Duration seconds: 562 ## Resource It's technically not a bias, but instead, Cognitive Dissonance explains why our brains keep defending thinking errors even after we realize we've made one!   Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life?   Take the free Meme Fallacy Quiz!   www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Learn more about Crazy Thinkers Library where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines :   www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:      https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2 Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!    think@filteritthroughabraincell.com Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell Sign up on my email list at:   www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact    Critical Thinking for Teens Logical Fallacies for Teens Cognitive Biases for Teens Homeschool Logic Critical thinking for Middle schoolers ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/filter-it-through-a-brain-cell-4893807/episodes/367-cognitive-dissonance-part-2-when-your-brain-defends-the-wrong-thing/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/filter-it-through-a-brain-cell-4893807/367-cognitive-dissonance-part-2-when-your-brain-defends-the-wrong-thing.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.