I've been playing with an idea of writing something about why I think we should be less hard on people for hypocrisy but probably never will
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Replying to @Intrinsic29
Ah. Very different. I'm looking at why we are and also arguing that much accusation of hypocrisy on the left gets the problem wrong.
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Sounds interesting. I'll def read it. My angle was based on this idea :https://twitter.com/Intrinsic29/status/793239018221637632 …
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Replying to @Intrinsic29
I agree. Much better to say 'How do you reconcile that with your earlier ideas or have your thoughts changed?' pleasantly if warranted.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yep, but for some reason (I have a few ideas on why and it sounds like you do too), perceived hypocrisy makes us hate people intuitively.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose
Or at least engages our disgust intuitions to be more precise I guess.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose
I think we aim that disgust at ourselves and are so afraid of being hypocritical we let that fear discourage us from questioning our beliefs
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Replying to @Intrinsic29
It's tied to reputation & the importance of this to status, I think.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29
Looking (a bit) at the importance of reputation to group survival & the instinct to punish those who falsely present a good one. Costly
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But we get it wrong. Ppl who admit wrongdoing are valued by the group precisely coz the source of anger is being given false information
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