More Disagreement Is Far
More evidence that we tend to be less truth-oriented in far mode:
[Researchers] found participants were more persuaded to change their opinion after receiving concrete, detailed messages from a spatially near rather than distant source. These results fit well with recent [Near-Far] work on distancing and persuasion, which found that persuasion was highest when participants experienced a small (as opposed to large) amount of distance and received low-level, concrete (rather than high-level, abstract) persuasive messages. …
[Researchers] found that participants were less affected and less likely to seek information about a potential unpleasant truth (e.g., missing an opportunity on the stock market) when it concerned a distant rather than near situation (i.e., foreign vs. local company). (more)
I would be curious to know how this is affected by people who have been a 'scientist' or 'rationalist' as part of their identity. You'd think in far mode they would at least to some extent be more inclined to adjust their views.
Brings to mind the "View of the World from Ninth Avenue" cover.