Editor’s Column: A little cognitive dissonance goes a very long way

I hear a sound in the ether. It’s kind of a cross between fingernails scraped across a chalkboard and the “I’m trying to blow up

my engine” wail of my neighbor’s pickup truck.
What is it? I think it’s a pandemic of cognitive dissonance.
Cognitive dissonance is defined as “the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change.” In other words, you’re saying one…