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While I agree, we really do THINK in terms of absolute truth, making this type of communication more powerful than it ought be. My observation: We will unconcio

While I agree, we really do THINK in terms of absolute truth, making this type of communication more powerful than it ought be. My observation: We will unconciously take known bs as fact when we see it, unless we reject it soon upon perception and react negatively to it. Our bs detector sucks, and is often stymed by our ocassional mental laziness/exhaustion, and becomes less critical with every repetition until called out and reframed. I observe with myself and others, that first learned bias sticks until challenged. Add the in-group/tribal/social/political/identity bias to that and it becomes even stronger.

swatcoder 3y ago
> we really do THINK in terms of absolute truth Who does? Not everybody, everywhere, certainly. Holding fixed abstract ideas in mind for long periods of time, with conviction and a drive to keep them all consistent is a very peculiar, intellectual way of seeing the world, mostly only useful for debate team members, monks, academics, and political pundits. Especially for the countless political and metaphysical ideas that have no relevance to daily actions. Most people don’t need to do that, and many who do it now have learned to perform it because it’s come to seem normal or even celebrated. But even a lot of them are terrible at it, hanging onto all kinds of sloppy beliefs and inconsistencies. By default, most people just do shit and say shit and carry on with their day. Their natural BS detector looks like “God, the news program is awful. Turn it off.” and their natural political orientation is whatever makes for the most satisfying conversation with their neighbors. What you might want to do, instead of all the complexity you’re trying to navigate and systematize, is to just unplug a bit and busy your hands instead of your brain.

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While I agree, we really do THINK in terms of absolute truth, making this type of communication more powerful than it ought be. My observation: We will unconcio

by porkbeer 3y ago

swatcoder 3y ago
> we really do THINK in terms of absolute truth Who does? Not everybody, everywhere, certainly. Holding fixed abstract ideas in mind for long periods of time, with conviction and a drive to keep them all consistent is a very peculiar, intellectual way of seeing the world, mostly only useful for debate team members, monks, academics, and political pundits. Especially for the countless political and metaphysical ideas that have no relevance to daily actions. Most people don’t need to do that, and many who do it now have learned to perform it because it’s come to seem normal or even celebrated. But even a lot of them are terrible at it, hanging onto all kinds of sloppy beliefs and inconsistencies. By default, most people just do shit and say shit and carry on with their day. Their natural BS detector looks like “God, the news program is awful. Turn it off.” and their natural political orientation is whatever makes for the most satisfying conversation with their neighbors. What you might want to do, instead of all the complexity you’re trying to navigate and systematize, is to just unplug a bit and busy your hands instead of your brain.