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Different people want different things.
by DFHippie 6y ago
Different people want different things.
- andybak 6y agoQuite often the same person wants different things depending on how it's framed and whether it supports their preconceptions. And yes that person is often you or I. None of us are immune to cognitive blind spots. Smart people are sometimes the worst offenders.
- wizzwizz4 6y agoEliezer Yudkowsky's Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People seems relevant. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/AdYdLP2sRqPMoe8fb/knowing-about-biases-can-hurt-people https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/AdYdLP2sRqPMoe8fb/knowing-ab... So does the concept of dysrationalia, proposed by Keith Stanovich. Ironically, the Wikipedia article quotes Robert Sternberg as saying: > I am afraid that Stanovich has fallen into a trap—that of labeling people as 'dysrational' who have beliefs that he does not accept. And therein lies frightening potential for misuse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysrationalia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysrationalia
- oarabbus_ 6y agoBut when one group of people say "Facebook should be the arbiter" and the other group says "Facebook should not be the arbiter" then both things cannot happen.