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The question
==Paper==
===The question===
Deliberate democracy aims at involving civilians all the citizens in rational-communication which will help them make decisions according to reliable information which was produced in the intersubjective experience. While in the members deliberation process we hope that people will change their minds according to corroborated and reliable information theories and evidences that stood the test of critical thinking, and chose together the most suitable solution. Yet we know that large proportion of the population is conservative, and according to research resists change in world view. This conflict between large scale participation in deliberative democracy and the resistance of to change by substantial portion of the population to change is a challenge deliberative democracy developers need to address.
I suggest that if we will understand what are the mechanisms of resistance to change on the neurocognitive, psychological and social levels, we will be better able to create better deliberation settings that which will advance change in participants of mind according to the information that was produced in the intersubjective experience of deliberation. In this paper I will focus on the neurocognitive mechanisms of rigidity of mind, and according to these mechanisms, them I will suggest some basic deliberative settings which will promote more flexible in participants mind. thinking by the participants of the deliberation process.  Conservatism is a social and psychological phenomena that was researched since the 50's. It was found to be connected to
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