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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 29

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted flabberghosted(Am I an NPC?)

      Yes to defamation & misunderstanding. The latter is a clear example of the divide among 'skeptics' between the morally-motivated - I will believe what it is morally right - and the evidence-based - I will believe what is best evidenced.https://twitter.com/observeaddict/status/979187380400873472 …

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      flabberghosted(Am I an NPC?) @observeaddict
      I think this is the least amount of words possible to fit a defaming poor opinion and a complete misunderstanding of atheism in a tweet. pic.twitter.com/hRCXkKriYx
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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 29

      We humans have a real tendency to believe what is intellectually, psychologically or morally satisfying and to think that we can make things true by believing them. eg, Why don't you believe in God? Don't you want good people to be rewarded and bad people to be punished?

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 29

      "I am no longer an atheist because I don't agree with the values of certain prominent atheists.' Therefore God exists? "I want men and women to be equal. Therefore gender differences don't exist.'

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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 29

      This is the danger of the pragmatic approach to truth which seems to come so naturally to us - something is true if it helps to achieve my goals.

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 29

      It's why we need to distinguish very clearly between narratives that feel meaningful & things that have been established provisionally to be true by evidence. Often what is true is counterintuitive because we did not evolve cognitively primarily to discover what is true.

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    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 29

      Jonathan Haidt shows that we work primarily on intuition and then use our reasoning capabilities to justify this because it was likely that it was more beneficial to our survival to maintain good relationships with other humans than to get things right.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 29

      He describes this as our having, not an inner scientist but an inner lawyer. It is unlikely that any human can overcome this. The best we can do is be aware of it, keep in mind that we are probably wrong about many things, try to minimise it & work with ppl with different views

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        2. Gary‏ @HotCornerBlues Mar 29
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          While mocking those who do believe?

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 29
          Replying to @HotCornerBlues

          That includes people who believe because they are also humans. However, some people may laugh at what you believe, yes. You can survive this.

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        1. Jonathan Mawson‏ @WolfeFortue Mar 29
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Obsessively trying to eliminate it ironically leads to bigger problems. The trick is understanding how your emotions are skewing perceptions and then adjust... though sadly this is oft like threading the needle in a howling gale.

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