We see the effects of these mental gymnastics all the time: Few people change their minds on hot-button issues, even when new information is provided to them.
这些心理活动的后果显然易见：很少有人会在热点问题上改变自己的观念，即使新信息证明他们错了。
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While traditional hot-spot issues remain unresolved, new conflicts break out from time to time.
传统热点依旧，新的冲突时有发生。
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But Vikram Pandit, who rarely discusses such cross-border, hot-button issues in public, did just that on Thursday in New York.