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> Yet, I have no idea what that root cause could be. Any ideas? I don't know, and haven't read anything remotely convincing yet. Accounts based on individual p
by crispinb 9y ago
> Yet, I have no idea what that root cause could be. Any ideas?
I don't know, and haven't read anything remotely convincing yet. Accounts based on individual psychology (cognitive biases etc) don't do the job, as this form of irrationalism is peculiarly concentrated in parts of the Anglosphere (notably the US, Australia, and the UK). An explanation can only emerge from the domain of history and/or culture: what has made these regions so distinctly dysfunctional?
- oldboyFX 9y agoAre you trying to argue that the US, Australia and the UK are the most irrational and dysfunctional countries in the world?
- crispinb 9y agoNo. Not 'most irrational/dysfunctional' in any sense beyond the topic at hand: > this form of irrationalism Nor 'most in the world': > is peculiarly concentrated