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Ignorance is bliss.
by collyw 9y ago
Ignorance is bliss.
- pjc50 9y agoIgnoring fake news from rightwing idealogues is even more bliss.
- TheTrotters 9y agoBut I thought we were talking about Jonathan Haidt?
- TheForumTroll 9y agoI have no idea what you two are talking about. Could you enlighten those of us that don't know?
- purple-again 9y agoSome guy derailed the conversation for no reason. Jonathan Haidt is far from right wing propaganda (though he is heavily focused on morality and religion like many D's). Below is a quick dirty quote from Wikipedia. In chapter 8 of The Righteous Mind, Haidt describes how he began to study political psychology in order to help the Democratic Party win more elections. But in chapter 12 of The Righteous Mind Haidt argues that each of the major political groups – conservatives, progressives, and libertarians—have valuable insights and that truth and good policy emerge from the contest of ideas. Since 2012 Haidt has referred to himself as a political centrist
- peoplewindow 9y agoHaidt is a psychologist whose research and advocacy has in recent years moved towards political bias in universities, in particular he talks a lot about student and faculty driven morality-based censorship. He started the "Heterodox Academy" which argues for and promotes ideological diversity (i.e. both left and right) in universities.
- gravis7777 9y agoIgnoring fake news from ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶d̶e̶a̶l̶o̶g̶u̶e̶s̶ left wing loons is even more bliss. FTFY
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoDon't listen to the media and you are uninformed, listen to the media and you are misinformed. I know which I prefer.
- collyw 9y agoProbably the media you listen to with an opinion like that.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoDidn't you just post a video to some crackpot on YouTube?