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Not my takeaway at all...if the teen in the article didnt have an unusually high amount of critical thinking, meeting in person would have not have changed much
by ergothus 7y ago
Not my takeaway at all...if the teen in the article didnt have an unusually high amount of critical thinking, meeting in person would have not have changed much.
- deogeo 7y agoCritical thinking? As the story presents it, his conversions to and from alt-right were entirely emotion based.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoThat was not my interpretation at all, especially in the part where he interviews marchers and finds that some of their beliefs are "internally inconsistent"
- deogeo 7y agoWhat do their beliefs matter, if his own are consistent? That's just association fallacy.
- ergothus 7y agoWe're literally talking about how this teen decided who is trustworthy. As pointed out in the article, googling around to confirm GAVE HIM "confirmation". Recognizing that their views fell apart under inspection despite the previous confirmation required (as written, at least) above-average critical thinking.