Doublethink: Hypocrisy Or Neutrality?
Doublethink is the act of someone believing and accepting two contradictory opinions or beliefs at the same time. As odd as it may sound, it actually quite common among society. Hypocrisy and neutrality are often viewed as the same as doublethink but however they are different. Neutrality would be a case in which a person refuses to have an opinion about any two sides of an issue. Hypocrisy is when a person would perform actions that go against what one believes. In terms of doublethink, the individual would truly believe in two contradictory beliefs. It may seem impossible for a belief in two contradictions as it would as it would be logic canceling out logic but surely, it very possible and we live with it every moment of every day. Perhaps society accepts phenomena such as doublethink due to the influence of media, and because of the human desire for success.
“Doublethink is notable due to a lack of cognitive dissonance — thus the person is completely unaware of any conflict or contradiction. (The person who is lying actually believes what they are saying is TRUE, and even a lie detector could not …show more content…
To be successful, one must be able to have huge dreams and goals, but yet they should be able to have realistic expectations and views. To do that, one would need a sense of doublethink as realistic expectations and huge dreams could be very contradicting. Specifically, a successful businessmen knows that before a person can reach ultimate success, many obstacles and failures often come first. With only a sense of reality and realistic goals, one might give up once the first or second failure presented itself. Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple, early in his career was often mocked for his unimaginable creativity and was even fired from his own company. It was over a matter of time that the company asked for him back and he retook his position as CEO and grew his
“Doublethink is notable due to a lack of cognitive dissonance — thus the person is completely unaware of any conflict or contradiction. (The person who is lying actually believes what they are saying is TRUE, and even a lie detector could not …show more content…
To be successful, one must be able to have huge dreams and goals, but yet they should be able to have realistic expectations and views. To do that, one would need a sense of doublethink as realistic expectations and huge dreams could be very contradicting. Specifically, a successful businessmen knows that before a person can reach ultimate success, many obstacles and failures often come first. With only a sense of reality and realistic goals, one might give up once the first or second failure presented itself. Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple, early in his career was often mocked for his unimaginable creativity and was even fired from his own company. It was over a matter of time that the company asked for him back and he retook his position as CEO and grew his