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That's not cognitive dissonance, that's "I wrote a thing when I held one view. Instead of changing it entirely here is an additional comment that revises my previous one. I'm not going to edit the original."

The order of things matters. "I hold this view which contradicts my earlier, no longer held, view." is not cognitive dissonance. "I hold this view despite it contradicting my other view." is cognitive dissonance.



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