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The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
- The best description of motivated reasoning I’ve ever seen comes from psychologist Tom Gilovich. When we want something to be true, he said, we ask ourselves, “Can I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to accept it. When we don’t want something to be true, we instead ask ourselves, “Must I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to reject it
from The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef
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- Just as there are fashions in clothing, so, too, are there fashions in ideas
from The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef
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- WE MAKE UNCONSCIOUS TRADE-OFFS This is one of the paradoxes of being human: that our beliefs serve such different purposes all at once. Invariably, we end up making trade-offs. We trade off between judgment and belonging. If you live in a tight-knit community, it might be easier to fit in if you use soldier mindset to fight off any doubts you have ... See more
from The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef
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- So I’ve given it one. I call it scout mindset: the motivation to see things as they are, not as you wish they were. Scout mindset is what allows you to recognize when you are wrong, to seek out your blind spots, to test your assumptions and change course.
from The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef
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- Fitting in isn’t only about conforming to the group consensus. It also means demonstrating your loyalty to the group by rejecting any evidence that threatens its figurative honor
from The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef
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