[M.D. Holloway]

Mistakes are made every second. Call them accidents or true failures - either way, the wise learn and adapt while the fool continues to fail.

Cognitive dissonance is a form of intellectutual anxiety created by either not commiting to an idea fully or overthinking the concept to the point of confusion. Often those that are centrists suffer the most, hard right or hard left rarely if ever suffer cognitive dissonance. It can also be argued that hard liners push a commitment while those who suffer CD will strike a balence yet suffer at the expense of their beliefs.