Sublime

In psychology there are at least two biases that drive this pattern. One is confirmation bias:23 seeing what we expect to see. The other is desirability bias:24 seeing what we want to see. These biases don’t just prevent us from applying our intelligence. They can actually contort our intelligence into a weapon against the truth.

Dan Kahan’s explanation is the cultural cognition hypothesis. People respond to a message based not on the evidence behind it but on the cultural identity it signifies.

Tribal affiliation turns off more brain cells than any other activity 

Green is very present in postmodern academic thinking, in nonprofits, and among social workers and community activists.

Wenn eine politische Kultur Gerechtigkeit und Fairness zu zentralen Grundsätzen der Gesellschaftsordnung weiht, macht sie die Individuen besonders aufmerksam und sensibel für Abweichungen von Standards fairer Behandlung – von Normen der Gerechtigkeit und Fairness.

lack of individual level discrimination –

observer effect, by which individuals under study modify their behavior because of their awareness of the study.