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Jonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Argumentative Theory of Reason (Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber): You cannot reason someone out of a position which they did not reason themselves in to, yet hearing other views helps you develop your own. If we were always as cautious and unsure as the evidence warrants, little ancient history would be written!
Sean • Knowing Things Is Hard
Conscious reasoning is carried out largely for the purpose of persuasion rather than discovery we are also trying to persuade ourselves
Ryan Holiday (Tucker Max’s consultant, later stoic author, “Trust Me I’m Lying”) on how adding exceptions to a preconceived belief is easier than updating that belief:
“Once the mind has accepted a plausible explanation for something, it becomes a framework for all the information that is perceived after it. We’re drawn, subconsciously, to fit and c
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If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth you'll be constantly frustrated by how foolish biased and illogical people become when they disagree with you but if you think about moral reasoning is a skill we humans evolved to further our social agendas to justify her actions and defend the teams we belong to then thi
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