We all have known people (some of us may be linked to or voted for) who act as if they were the only expert on a subject. Churchill describes them thus: “They will not change their minds and they will not change the subject.” Personality traits that lead them inflexible, rigid, does not fall under the radar of mainstream media, not even in the election we must be more aware of his presence. Interfere with the best intentions of policy, science, economics and religion, power motivates zealous political ideologues, fundamentalist and intolerant religious fanatics who look to their views on talk shows and the Internet. Although the changes of history, until 2009, had no social scientist has developed a comprehensive psychological theory of its nature and its manifestations.

Dogmatism.

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