Cognitive Entrapment

Cognitive Entrapment (n.)

The mental state in which a person becomes overly committed to a particular perspective or ideological framework, such as the "red pill, blue pill" rhetoric, thereby reducing their ability to perceive or consider the complexity of an issue at hand.

Synonyms: Ideological lock-in, belief perseverance, intellectual tunnel vision.

Antonyms: Intellectual agility, cognitive flexibility, open-mindedness.

The "red pill, blue pill" analogy risked leading to cognitive entrapment, simplifying nuanced debates into a binary choice and obstructing meaningful dialogue.