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The confusion is that we're often told that a strong national identity is important. But ultimately it's still playing off the same cognitive bias that racism
by fouc 7y ago
The confusion is that we're often told that a strong national identity is important. But ultimately it's still playing off the same cognitive bias that racism often does - the "us vs them" tribalism instinct.
Just think about americans calling the french "dirty frogs" and how is that any different from racism?
- mistermann 7y agohttps://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-cognitive-bias-2794963 https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-cognitive-bias-279496... A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that affects the decisions and judgments that people make. Some of these biases are related to memory. The way you remember an event may be biased for a number of reasons and that in turn can lead to biased thinking and decision-making. Why is a strong national identity a cognitive bias? > Just think about americans calling the french "dirty frogs" and how is that any different from racism? It's different in that it is possible for a cultural stereotype to be observed to be true, whereas it has not, at least to my knowledge, been observed that individuals of an ethnic race will tend to behave in a particular way outside of a cultural influence. Culture and race are distinctly different.
- fouc 7y agoUs vs Them leads to biased thinking.
- mistermann 7y agoBiased: unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something If I desire to paint my house but not my neighbors, or have my tax dollars spent in my country rather than another country, am I guilty of unfairly prejudiced thinking?
- OCASM 7y agoTribalism is inherent to the human psyche. Nationalism is only one form of it.
- PavlovsCat 7y ago> Tribalism is inherent to the human psyche. So is rejection of tribalism, so that doesn't really say anything.