More thoughts on tribalism. Sometimes I am asked if I completely toe the line of sets of ideas like atheist, skepticism, liberalism and it is implied that if I do, I am a narrow-minded tribalist. This doesn't work and I will tell you why.
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I completely don't believe in god but I am not an atheist tribalist because I don't believe holding this disbelief makes someone one of my tribe. My respected people include those who agree with this and those who don't.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I think you are confused - you don’t get to choose to be part of a ‘tribe’, it is something humans evolved to do, and it is extremely hard to avoid. The fissures of tribalism develop according to who you can and cannot have the most mutually beneficial future interactions with.
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Replying to @StphnEdn @HPluckrose
In the lab tribalism can be induced by literally getting people to wear the same colour shirts. So sharing with a minority a deeply held conviction that is totally at odds with the majority is, I would say, going to illicit tribal thoughts from you whether you like it or not.
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Replying to @StphnEdn @HPluckrose
Here’s some of the literature: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5997/1c36c87b32b79f1d0227a6772e19e4c7e4f6.pdf …
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Replying to @StphnEdn @HPluckrose
Atheism (especially when publicly expressed) is a massive alliance cue.
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I can only suggest you read the thread to get the context. Or don't. Doesn't matter much.
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