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One example: declaring broadly that an entire group of people (say, Trump supporters) are homophopic. It only requires that literally two Trump supporters are h
by mistermann 3y ago
One example: declaring broadly that an entire group of people (say, Trump supporters) are homophopic. It only requires that literally two Trump supporters are homophobic for the statement to be literally true.
System 1 thinking is terrible for practicing set theory, and Sysyem 1 seems to almost always take 100% of CPU power during such discussions. The irony is delicious.
- neaden 3y agoThe example in the article is about Brandon Eich who was supporting a specific amendment banning same sex marriage in California. This isn't saying all people who support a specific politician are homophobic, this is saying people who support a specific homophobic law are homophobic.
- mistermann 3y agoCausality is complex, as is human consciousness (but not in the way that would help with untangling causality...the opposite, actually).