The fact that more women than men believe in things I consider 'bottom tier' beliefs - like astrology, crystals, etc. - are confusing, because women have basically the same average scores on IQ tests, right?
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There’s a huge difference between men and women d>2 on “sensitivity” “Sensitivity differentiates people who are sensitive, aesthetic, sentimental, intuitive, and tender-minded from those who are utilitarian, objective, unsentimental, and tough-minded”
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This makes sense - but does this imply sensitive people are more likely to hold inaccurate beliefs? Or do insensitive people also hold inaccurate beliefs, they just are beliefs I haven't thought to ask about?
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My hunch is sensitive people are calibrated to notice & feel more things-Sometimes what they notice/feel and take as evidence isn’t real. I think “insensitives” erroneous beliefs would be due to not noticing or feeling things- less likely to lead to belief one could scrutinize
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Is this sort of like - sensitives 'overbelieve' and insensitives 'underbelieve'? I don't know how I would measure underbelief. Is underbelief the same as skepticism?
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Sensitive people are less likely to care if it's "accurate" as long as the feeling works for them.