Engineered Cognitive Dissonance Events (ECDE)

Engineered Cognitive Dissonance Events (ECDE) – Mini-Paper Overview

This mini-paper offers a compact, high-level introduction to Engineered Cognitive Dissonance Events (ECDE), an approach that reveals and gently resolves internal belief conflicts without direct confrontation. Grounded in the Belief Formation Model (BFM)—which treats beliefs as predictive mental constructs and emotions as real-time signals—ECDE nurtures positive beliefs (Master Truths) so that outdated or harmful beliefs (Unhelpful Truths) naturally surface. By letting participants discover contradictions for themselves, ECDE fosters deeper, lasting shifts in perception. Detailed step-by-step facilitation methods remain private or available under special licensing to ensure responsible usage and protect the integrity of the methodology.