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let's stigmatize admitting when you were wrong. never changing your mind is the only way to avoid joining a murder cult!
by subsistence234 2y ago
let's stigmatize admitting when you were wrong. never changing your mind is the only way to avoid joining a murder cult!
- adastra22 2y agoThat’s what “rationalist” should mean. It is not what they do in practice.
- username332211 2y agoAt the same time, if psychological research proves there's a class of people who are only prevented from joining a murder cult by their unthinking devotion towards conformist beliefs, would you be surprised?
- kelseyfrog 2y agoPointing out a tradeoff isn’t the same as arguing for the other extreme. That’s splitting[1], a well-documented cognitive distortion. A bit of therapy can be great for catching these patterns—sharpening your reasoning toolkit, so to speak. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology)