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One of the motivations of motivated cognition is consistency. People want to be predictable and they want to be seen as stable. So I suggest demotivating it. Have people read chapter 3 of Cialdini's Influence. I particularly like the Emerson quote:
Yes! Teach that preferring consistency over accuracy is low-status!
I predict this will have no effect unless coupled with the following technique:
Detachment. You are not your beliefs; you are not your actions: When the opportunity to think arises, within five seconds, think those words.
I always make sure to point out, to those who hear that quote but have not studied Emerson, that "foolish consistency" does not mean "consistency that is foolish" but rather "consistency, which is foolish".