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>It is almost as if the public discourse is dominated by loud simple minded people who sort themselves into tribes along arbitrary/self-serving lines and fierce
by SN76477 4y ago
>It is almost as if the public discourse is dominated by loud simple minded people who sort themselves into tribes along arbitrary/self-serving lines and fiercely double down in the face of evidence.
It is exactly this
- 082349872349872 4y agofor a long (~7'500 word) expansion of that, cf https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34367615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34367615 > If one harbours anywhere in one’s mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible.
- ospray 4y agoI blame the sound byte media and humans inability to act on long term problems. Climate change/global warming is real and can be very dangerous but it's hard to have a critical discuss about.