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I'm sure this is me, though I mostly think the world is too complex for me to understand. Was there voter fraud in the 2020 election? I don't think so but tha
by mikkergp 4y ago
I'm sure this is me, though I mostly think the world is too complex for me to understand. Was there voter fraud in the 2020 election? I don't think so but that doesn't mean there weren't any instances of it. What percentage has to occur for it to be true(I suppose about .5 percent or whatever the margin of victory was). One of my biases is that I fundamentally believe in the goodness of people, and therefor I'm less likely to believe in things like corruption unless the evidence is staring me in the face.
I consider myself decently read but what weirds me out are the people who are way more confident than myself. Maybe I'm just dumb about most things and these people are confident and right? I have a relative who is very well read but largely believes all of the talking points conservative media advertises. I find his confidence interesting but I'm skeptical of anyone's perspectives are aligned too closely with a particular ideology. What I find interesting is that he'll say "I'm a conservative, therefor I believe X" Rather than "I believe X, Y, and Z, therefor I most closely identify as a conservative." I guess I would say that I am biased towards moderate beliefs and self-doubt. The more nuanced your beliefs the more likely I am to believe them.
I like to think that my stance that most things are two complex too be truly knowable means I'm fairly accurate about what I know and don't know, but I'm curious where the glaring holes are.
Maybe ironically, in my professional life, perhaps because I know so much more about the nuances of it, I am much more confident that I am wrong about many things. Much more confident about that wrongness than I am about the world. There just really is so much to know.