Along these lines? https://theindependentwhig.com/haidt-passages/haidt/the-rationalist-delusion/ … I agree with it completely.
They show this to be a human thing. If there are any humans who don't do this, they're probably too neurologically different to be helpful.
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A "human" thing seems a bit general. Somewhere between autism and... ?
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It is general. Humans have consistent flaws of thinking & motivated reasoning is one of them.
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I recall Haidt talking about stats of 80-90% Surely good coders and surgeons are more rare! Happy to be corrected!
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If he said that some people are free from motivated reasoning, you'll have to show me. Seems unlikely.
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Unfortunately I only have Righteous Mind on audiobook. Hard to skim for stats! Might be an appendix somewhere...
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