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==I'm not convinced a low-trust society is inherently bad. I am convinced that a society that has high trust in garbage data is bad. == It feels like we curren
by long_time_gone 5y ago
==I'm not convinced a low-trust society is inherently bad. I am convinced that a society that has high trust in garbage data is bad. ==
It feels like we currently have both at the same time. There is "low trust" in any data that doesn't confirm an existing bias, but "high trust" in the data we want to be true.
I see it all the time in HN comments. Any study that contradicts the consensus is met with comments about "correlation =/= causation", while anything that supports the census is supported and correlation/causation isn't mentioned.
- UnFleshedOne 5y agoI think a better term for that is "brain damage". So what if all our brains are built damaged. Saying people are not reasoning machines, but social maneuvering machines doesn't change the fact they are kinda broken...
- bjornsing 5y agoThe thing is, I think people can be both reasoning machines and social maneuvering machines, depending on the incentive structure. Unfortunately we’ve created a society that greatly incentives social maneuvering.