It’s not yellow fever! December 26, 2007
Posted by Niels in : Life, the universe, and everything , trackbackI promised this follow-up to a much, much earlier post on cognitive dissonance.
Despite being half-Chinese, I made it through college with ever really being attracted to an Asian girl. It was nothing personal, it just never happened. My friends used to joke about it, especially because I don’t feel any ties to my Chinese heritage either. (To be fair, I also feel no ties to my European heritage.)
Then, one day in grad school, I hooked up with an Asian girl. She was cute, it had been a while, and it was fun. I figured that was that. But no. Cognitive dissonance sets in, and all of a sudden I start noticing attractive Asian girls everywhere! (Not disporportionately, mind you, just seeing what I had missed before.) It was like a switch had gone off and my brain decided, “Oh, I guess I am the sort of person who likes Asian girls, after all.”
Cognitive dissonance is a funny mistress.
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I’ll need to read about cognitive dissonance!