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How anyone on this forum can claim to believe in science and rationality and not abhor this is appalling and beyond me.
by spamrprtr 14y ago
How anyone on this forum can claim to believe in science and rationality and not abhor this is appalling and beyond me.
- illuminate 14y agoCompartmentalization. Smart people can hold incredibly stupid beliefs. I believe Michael Shermer's book on "Why People Believe Weird Things" argues that smart persons are actually better at self-rationalization of untrue/cognitively dissonant "facts".