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Intellectual Legitimacy | Samo Burja
a theory of system justification. Its core idea is that people are motivated to rationalize the status quo as legitimate—even if it goes directly against their interests.
Adam Grant • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Philosophers have pointed out since the beginning of philosophical thought that a high percentage of the justification value of our beliefs comes from how widespread the individual beliefs are. It’s as if our shared beliefs are characteristic of a virus.
Riva • Why Our Belief Systems Create Misperceptions- Published in The European, Nov 2014
Yet at first sight a combined meritocracy (economic and educational) seems very appealing and easy to sell. Equal opportunities for all, the greatest rewards for those who make the greatest effort — who could object to that? Experience shows, however, that discrepancies at the start strongly influence the final result. In the case of an educational
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May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases—And What We Can Do about It
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