Second Essay

In the Passage "I know the truth, So Don't Bother Me With Facts" adopted from Jeffrey Kluger, the main Idea the author is trying to convey is that people who has false belief don't easily change their wrong mind with real facts. He gives a study shows that although research data demonstrates they are wrong, these data just consider as biases by dupes. I agree with the author's point that changing dupes' stupid mind is very difficult.

The significant idea in this passage is that dupes have deep beliefs. As the study concluded "even in the best of circumstances, fewer than a third of people were willing to reverse their positions, regardless of the contradictory evidence they were given" In other words, most of dupes don't believe facts easily. They only think they are right. On the other hand, rumors seems can stimulate our brain, and people hope flat-out lies can happen to their lives. For example, when I was a little boy, I strongly believe Santa was alive, because I wished that it could happen to me and I could receive a Christmas gift from Santa. Although, my friends told me that Santa wasn't existed, I still believed Santa few more years after that.

Eventually, it isn’t dupes can’t easily believe truth, but rumors are their hope. When I was a high school student, I saw many dupes in my school. All of them were willing to become super rich, so they easily deceived by a pyramid sale products company. However, this becoming rich rumor had negative effect on them, because they spent all their money to buy useless products just to achieve top level and became rich. These foolish students didn’t only believe by themselves, but they also convinced their friends and families to believe so. The sadness case was a student who deeply believes that he could become rich by rumor, as a result, he dropped out high school, he convinced his entire family member, and his family broke in a year. So people imagine rumors can happen in their lives, that’s why they don’t easily trust facts.

In conclusion, it is true that people who have wrong beliefs usually are not willing to change their mind. The reason is because lies can be their hope. I believe Santa because I wished to receive a Christmas gift, and dupes believe liars because they want to be a rich man. In my opinion, rumors have no reality; it has bad effect on dupes.