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francojc.github.io francojc.github.io
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- Jun 2021
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being skeptical about the wilder claims of 9/11 conspiracy theorists doesn’t make you closed-minded if there are good reasons to be skeptical
Being open minded is the ability to assess different explanations, not an excuse to reduce the requirement of evidence to accept an explanation.
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we need to convince people to look at situational factors and to stop trying to explain things in terms of character traits
If Oliver had peers who adhered to evidence based thinking, would he have derived different conclusions?
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explaining peoples’ bad behaviour or weird beliefs by reference to their character makes us more intolerant of them and less empathetic
If we cannot help the way we think, can any of our actions be really called free?
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The only hope of overcoming self-ignorance in such cases is to accept that other people – your co-workers, your spouse, your friends – probably know your intellectual character better than you do. But even that won’t necessarily help. After all, it might be that refusing to listen to what other people say about you is one of your intellectual character traits. Some defects are incurable.
What intellectual character traits do I possess? Am I careless in my thinking?
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The problem with conspiracy theorists is not, as the US legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues, that they have little relevant information. The key to what they end up believing is how they interpret and respond to the vast quantities of relevant information at their disposal.
Inability to derive correct conclusions from a set of information should be called an intellectual disability. It could also stem from delusion of persecution. Another important factor is belief in one's own intellectual superiority. They tend to think that they can see what others cannot.
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however intelligent and knowledgeable we might be in other ways, many of us still believe the strangest things.
What strange things do I believe in? How o you define "strange"?
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aeon.co aeon.co
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In competitive contexts, many have merit, but few succeed. What separates the two is luck.
- Should we not set up systems strive to remove the factor of luck as much as possible?
- By acknowledging that luck is a factor, can we justify taxing billionaires?
- Is this what religions try by reminding that success is to a large extend, due to God's blessings or mercy, in combination with your hardwork?
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- May 2021
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www.statnews.com www.statnews.com
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The truth of the matter is that pandemics always end. And to date vaccines have never played a significant role in ending them
Pandemics usually end with massive toll of human lives. The fact that we have ways to prevent it but still casually acknowledge the fact that it won't be available to everyone because of capitalist interests is dystopian
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