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> a lot like how religious or anti-religious people get nervous/agitated if one is to call into question the truth. You're recognizing the same bias. It's not
by divinie 3y ago
> a lot like how religious or anti-religious people get nervous/agitated if one is to call into question the truth.
You're recognizing the same bias. It's not that there are oversights so much as there are widespread ideas believed to be definitive.
Rather than teaching people the "right ideas," at this point I feel it's critical that people learn how cognitive biases work, namely, authority bias.
On the matter of beliefs, Crony Beliefs is a gem https://meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/ https://meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/
- graemep 3y agoI agree it is a problem, but I do not think teaching people about cognitive biases will solve it. It is very hard to apply it to yourself, and any kind of critical thinking is hard. A lot of people will not even make the effort. The motivation comes from existing values and beliefs, which will have been subject to biases themselves!
- divinie 3y agoNot claiming this is ethical, but the biases can be used on the person to generate the motivation and emotional response to recognize that they don’t want to suffer from exploitation of the biases As for the reason it would help the issue, if the person is not susceptible to these, they will not be susceptible to the industries, governments, teachers that exploit these. They’ll recognize it before falling for it. As for the difficulty level, it could be made simple. They aren’t complex, they are just unknown